bubble wrap

you delight me

in ways comparable

to bubble wrap:

a series of tiny, popping

echoes of joy

your giggle makes it okay

that seven thousand people

died of starvation

in some country whose name

i can't even pronounce

you excite me

like the inflamed taste bud on

my tongue that i chomp on

with glee

your sarcastic comments

justify my epic struggle with

rolling out of bed

yet again

(c) J Baugher 2004