The Can't Eat Lullaby

She says she wants
potato chips
when I take her down
for pudding.
It's like a child
crying for a toy
and her parents
stubborn in refusing.

I remember when
we boycotted grapes
at a time when our kids
cried for them and we refused.
It's the crying that lasted.

Life came back,
in a moment of innocent wanting.
She also wanted cola
out of the pleasant past.
I told her I would try
to make some cola flavored pudding,
and some potato pudding that
would remove the memories.