©1995, Susan Noyes Anderson, Lollipops

Sometimes I close my eyes to see

what’s going on inside.

At first, it just looks dark, but then

my mind’s eyes open wide.

I look beyond the darkness till

I find my private screen,

lit up with shapes and colors that

I’ve never, ever seen.

A yellow yummagummy bird;

a redalicious rose;

a purple popple-opplegator,

wearing sky-green clothes.

A submarine with four wheels,

painted fire engine blue;

a hibernating humphog,

in a lavender igloo.

What fun it is to look inside,

and see my mind at play.

It only takes a minute, but

it makes me laugh all day!