if i sold cheerios at reverendmother

if i sold cheerios

there would be no jingle jangle,
no slogan-sputtering mascot.
instead, with almost-evening
pouring through the window,
i’d turn on the camera
and sprinkle them like confetti,
let them pile around her toes.
she would rake them with her fingers,
grab one or two in a lucky pinch,
shove her fist into her mouth,
withdraw it, and start chewing
just in case.
mostly they’d be clinging to her palm,
but occasionally one would grab onto a glossy lip
or make it inside, and
it would be silent enough to hear the crunch
and still enough to see
the old woman inside of her, gumming it.
a spongy half-moon would find its way onto her shirt,
and i’d pick it up, bring it to her mouth;
she’d lean forward and take it, and smile with two teeth.
[fade to black for the tagline]
remember the joy.
i know it would work. i’d have the world
eating out of the palm of my hand.

Published by reverendmother 2 years, 3 months ago in poetry, the divine miss m

6 Responses to “if i sold cheerios”

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1 Linda (FM) Jul 27th, 2006 at 11:39 pm

I absolutely love the sight of a child eating cheerios.
2 NotShyChiRev Jul 27th, 2006 at 11:49 pm

It is the universal fussy child comfort food…all five of my nieces and nephews (now aged 19 to age 6) loved them….and when I gave up milk it was one of my greatest sacrifices…for some reason I just can’t buy it to snack…and it’s not the same in soy milk…
3 anne Jul 28th, 2006 at 7:48 am

did you copy general mills on this one?

wish i knew someone in their ad agancy so i could help you make millions from this gem of an idea.
4 spookyrach Jul 28th, 2006 at 8:46 am

hee hee!
5 Mamala Jul 28th, 2006 at 9:55 am

Thanks for the wonderful word picture of the divine (I won’t even narrow it by adding miss m)
6 Keith Jul 28th, 2006 at 1:53 pm

When he was maybe 11 months old, and still new at walking, Mac’s aunt was assigned to watch him while we were at the playground. She’s not used to watching little ones, and he gashed his lip open on a concrete step.

Scream scream scream! Gush gush blood! Horror horror, all is hor… Cheerio?

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