Candy Shop

standing outside 

life's candy shop

I count my pennies

the shiny price tags

all beyond me

peace, love, success

in their shiny jars

like nasty kids

sticking out their tongues

they silently smirk and 

say L-O-S-E-R

I can't surely afford

what I want

and would never want

what my pennies can buy

so I turn around

and throw the pennies

above my head

making a wish

that some other kid

might pick them up

and have her dream

fulfilled !