Candy From Mexico

Candy from Mexico

Jon will you pick me up some
Candy from Mexico?
The kind with the cheap plastic wrappers -
seem to stick to the candy.
Forcing you to suck on it,
lose the wrapper.

Jon, it’s the candy that
feeds the children’s family.
The ones waiting under the trees,
looking up to the top.
You said you made the summit,
But then we never saw you descend.

Jon on your way
can you pick me up some candy,
from Mexico.
Pepper bacon,
Water bottle used in soccer.
Marathons in the sun, the muddy hill.
Fear stains olive oil.
Hunter’s pay in the winter ring.
Shallow wave over shoulder.

If you have the time Jon,
would you be willing,
to pick me up some candy from
Mexico?