Candy Canes (thanks, Mama)

Candy Cane

by Valerie Worth

Hot wintry

Mint, striped

Round with

Fire and snow,

Sweet icicle

That melts

And burns

And chills,

And fills

The mouth with

Fumes of frost

And flame,

hot chocolate is much better when you drink it through your candy cane!

Crackling cold

On the tongue,

Like the word

Christmas.