The Popsicle Won’t Last

If you can just stick it out,
All this humiliation,
Maybe you’ll live long enough

You can be proud of yourself,
And your tall tale of tall tales
That made you exceptional

In your own weird way, again.
You doze. The electric-blue
Raspberry popsicle melts

On the counter beside you.
Stories are better about
Other people, since so few

People combine a tall tale
With an admirable truth.