Neverland, Incorporated

You twirled and giggled softly,

Dancing on bedazzled feet,

An image of maturity retarded

Like a flock of Disney adults

With their commemoration cups

In search of Cinderella's castle suite.

I didn't realize 

Your girlish wiles

Were because, my dear,

You're still a child.

Ride Dumbo

All night

And start a fire

Camping on

Space Mountain.

Never let go

Of Peter Pan

In flight.

You'll grow up,

And that is frightening

Beyond the sights

Inside the Haunted Mansion.

-10/14/25