Once upon a time there were
Butterscotch and daffodils, peanut butter clouds
Sugar drops and dandelions and pink raspberry flavored stars.

blues mixed with yellows, a clean grassy lawn fresh with dew
a clear blue sea then a thunder crashing wave
a pinching claw emerging from under the sand-
the sand beneath my toes

forget about those woes,
dissipate them
evaporate them into nothingness, outer space
blackholed and disambiguated
forgotten blues

forget about those rues
let them vanish, banish them from that thought bubble hanging over your head
let them go
scatter them, squander them
release them into the wild
exonerated and pardoned me and you, the hatchet is buried deep.

Let's go back to the rose garden, for tea time and cookies.
let's go back to the old days, those gold days, those bold days.
let's go back to where we used to be home and lay in the sun
bathe in the light, that light breeze, warm on the skin
soothing to breathe and soothing to sleep and
let's go back to the beginning, let's start at the end
let's loop them together
let's string them along.

Once upon a time there was make-believe with fairies
there were witches and broom flights
there were ogres and fist fights
there were magical creatures that cast spells through the night

there were frolics and frenzies,
dancing and prancing
there were celebrations and carnivals and hoopla galore.

now we gallop now we canter
now lets see how fast we can go
accelerate, manipulate, exasperate
now we race to the finish
now we run far away
now we escape from reality
In this fantasy we will stay.
Once upon a time...