Reverie

Van with the Bell

First, brown

then white glazed with blue

then yellow sprinkled with green

then brown dipped in orange

then white again, but glazed with purple and pink.

Its taller than the towers, colder than winter

apparently funnier than the clowns and more painful than the stones

and more famous than the actors, more loved than retrievers

he bites it with his front teeth and stays frozen for moments

and then

a cackle emerges from his belly as the van with the bell drives away

his colourful teeth shine in the light as he beams

and his friends and he, they do it again it seems.