Did you ever have a bowl of sugar?

Not something mommy or daddy allowed,

Gave you the Fruit Loops or Snap, crackle and crispies so loud,

Expected of you to put them in a bowl & eat them,

Never did they think you would cover them in sugar,

But you felt, as this was your first bowl, so proud…

Mommy usually made it, pouring the milk ever so lovingly,

Sprinkling on the sugar, only just a few grains,

Swore to yourself you would not be so strained,

So this is your first bowl of cereal you’ve made,

All by yourself, now that you are in the first grade…

Daddy says with a big smile, “How about some cereal with your sugar?”

Mommy frowns and dumps the whole bowl in the sink,

Yep, gone in so much of a blink, your first attempt in the trash,

Funny how the memory works, I brought this up from my memory cache…

                   © ed 5/3/04