" Sugar 'n' Spice "...

" Sugar 'n' Spice "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

"Sugar 'n' spice
and everything nice"

"Big girls don't cry"

"It's my party
and I'll cry
if I want to
cry if I want to
cry if I want to---

"You would cry too
if it happened to you"

as "snips and snails"
for "puppy dog tails"

Like underdogs
being transformed
into salty dogs
poured into salt-
rimmed highball
glasses as ceilings crack...