Gatlinburg

both dream and nightmare

Gatlinburg is a child’s dream,

and an adult’s nightmare—

I think of Turkish Delight in Narnia:

a delicious treat that ensnares Edmund,

and helps make the evil queen seem nice,

and the problems of the realm not his for worry,

but, oh, for now,

how sweet a treat it is!

by Henry H. Walker,

with thanks to Zoey Martinek and Nancy Kelly for initial concept,
plus, thanks to Google images for Gatlinburg at night.

May 19, ‘16