Hershey Bar to the Rescue!
I left a Hershey bar in the car on a hot day, and it melted.
When I held the package up by its end, I could tell
All the magnificent chocolate was oozing to the bottom.
I was about to toss it into the garbage when, in a heartbeat,
I decided to lay the package out flat in the refrigerator.
After awhile, I peeked in and opened it up.
And the chocolate had turned back into a Hershey bar!
Only the rectangles with "Hershey's" were missing.
Then the Hershey bar melted again -- in my mouth.
And I loved that Hershey bar as I had imagined I would --
Maybe even more than Hershey bars with fancy rectangles.
Because I had come so close to losing the "real thing"
Just because the packaging I had expected was missing.
But then, in just a second's breath . . .
The Hershey bar and I rescued each other!
Copyright by Renee Hawkley
When I held the package up by its end, I could tell
All the magnificent chocolate was oozing to the bottom.
I was about to toss it into the garbage when, in a heartbeat,
I decided to lay the package out flat in the refrigerator.
After awhile, I peeked in and opened it up.
And the chocolate had turned back into a Hershey bar!
Only the rectangles with "Hershey's" were missing.
Then the Hershey bar melted again -- in my mouth.
And I loved that Hershey bar as I had imagined I would --
Maybe even more than Hershey bars with fancy rectangles.
Because I had come so close to losing the "real thing"
Just because the packaging I had expected was missing.
But then, in just a second's breath . . .
The Hershey bar and I rescued each other!
Copyright by Renee Hawkley
