Playing Candyland in the Candy House<\/p>\n
One would think it was a Hansel and Gretal dream, if theirs hadn\u2019t<\/p>\n
ended for the worse;<\/p>\n
The \u201chealthy stuff\u201d were fig newtons and graham crackers<\/p>\n
the large molasses cookies with sprinkled sugar on top<\/p>\n
came after spaghetti dinners<\/p>\n
Grandpa\u2019s den always had ribbon candy around for months<\/p>\n
stuck in clumps<\/p>\n
there were jellybeans, he would take the forgone black ones<\/p>\n
the red gumdrops were deceptive, that too had the taste of licorice<\/p>\n
One year he bought cases of Necco wafers excited they were<\/p>\n
still made, or rather unearthed from somewhere<\/p>\n
Ice cream came after roast beef dinner<\/p>\n
Grandma wouldn\u2019t keep a slice of beef on her plate<\/p>\n
instead she would pile up on steamed spinach<\/p>\n
but she ended up taking so many bites of roast beef<\/p>\n
that grandpa had a little more than half left<\/p>\n
Vanilla ice cream topped with strawberries with a light frozen crust,<\/p>\n
at times peaches and cr\u00e8me,<\/p>\n
Grandma would always tell her childhood story of sticking her<\/p>\n
finger in the jello that was supposed to be served after supper<\/p>\n
needless to say she was still scarred because she went without.<\/p>\n
Then there\u2019s the famous chocolate pudding story when my mom<\/p>\n
helped herself to my bowl that sat unclaimed the fridge.<\/p>\n
Issues, I was left with issues, I\u2019d say to this day.<\/p>\n
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