Passing of Silly Traditions
With flavored kisses she put me to sleep
a cheek sting of peppermint
forehead of lingonberry
eye lids of mango
and ear lobes of fig
She peppered me kisses
and smiled to discover
each remembrance of taste
with mystery lips
My nose: watermelon
My chin: cantaloupe
while I giggled silly
she listed each kiss
My sleeping was sweetly induced into this.
Now I am the mamma and tuck into sleep
with my own set of kisses
my little girl waits
for peppermint cheeks
and strawberry lips
and ear lobes of sugar cress
eye lids of figs
She giggles silly and waits on my words
Her forehead: papaya
Her chin: berries blue
Her nose: watermelon
and so we review
each thing that she's made of
all sugar and spice
and my mamma lives on in my little girl's eyes.
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