Souring Sugar

Cotton candy Happy
swirling in its cocoon of anticipation,
coloring itself to fit your mood,
served up by a three-hundred-pound testimony,
and all for Happy

Doesn't last long though,
this euphoria of mind,
today's relationship,
tomorrow's mistake.

BFFs to start,
jock buddies "On the Road" for some,
executive dining room rewards for others,
and often gold watches for time served.

All become part of tomorrow's
dumpster of limpid cones,
once swirled with fluffy sugar,
the sweetness of smiles,
suffocating the innocence of childhood.

Beware…

The carnival of horrors
a fool’s sweet-laced Happy,

will always deliver an aftertaste

of acerbic sugar.