A pop-pop-pop plants sky flowers They shine and dance and say hello Mama says they rain down like showers I’ll think long about it from my pillow Some of them look like shapes Circles and stars and other things One even looks like a crazy ape I like the whistling one that sings Everyone loves it just the same They cheer and yell and clap I wish they’d up there spell my name My feet stomp tap-tap-tap! Daddy gets me an icy drink And a yuck one for himself Mommy sneaks some candy, winks And says ‘don’t worry about the health’ Smoke from up and down and side Dad throws hands high, higher, high I time it right from on the slide I hit the grass and boom and sigh A rocket shoots off from my hand No one sees the magic I become master of the land Secretly I know it’s just a gadget Someone screams here’s the finale My face lights up, boom boom boom Once it’s done we cut through the alley I’m not even tired, zoom zoom zoom That changes right inside the car Mom and dad know I’m done I still smell smoke even this far I drift off to sleep, the flowers gone