On the Occassion of Buying a Lollipop
by Marc Mangel
People oft forget
as older they get
what it means to be
young and to be important
and to be in business for
THE first time.
So people pass them up and
sneer ‘kids are kids’
but all the kids do is smile
and reflect the emptiness
into the adults’ faces
and whenever i can
cause someone is selling
‘aw come on mister, its only 2 cents”
then i’m always buying
and giving it to someone
who i think will
dig lollipops
July 1970