Junior Mints

Up and down the aisles we race,

Through the humble dollar store.

On a hunting spree, my siblings I chase,

As our shoes slide 'cross the floor.

We skid to a halt in front of our prize,

Candy far as the eye can see,

We each choose one with delighted cries,

And back to the checkout we flee.

We have to hurry, we have to scurry,

the movie is starting soon,

We burst out into the late morning heat,

"Mom says that it's beginning at noon!"

We pile into the trusty sedan,

And look over our precious haul,

And plot our ever-devious plan,

To smuggle them into those sacred walls.

There's sour and sweet and salty there too,

Sneaking into my child-sized tote,

There's pretzels to crunch on and fruit gum to chew,

And the one that small-me thought was the G.O.A.T.

Junior mints! my movie snack bliss!

I choose them lovingly every summer.

And if it's not there, my heart's an abyss,

I guess you could say it's a bummer.

We settle in the darkening room,

I rip into the cheap plastic wrapping.

I get my first taste in the chilly-cold gloom,

And I fight off the urge to start clapping.

Junior mints! my movie snack bliss!

I choose them lovingly every summer.

And if it's not there, my heart's an abyss,

I guess you could say it's a bummer.

We're ten minutes into a forgettable flick,

And my junior mints have all but vanished.

I mourn the end of my snack and try not to get sick

But by the end of the film I am famished.

Junior mints! my movie snack bliss!

I choose them lovingly every summer.

And if it's not there, my heart's an abyss,

I guess you could say it's a bummer.

The movie is over, the credits roll by,

And I think what a good day this had been.

I already wish that the next week was nigh

So we can do it all over again.

Junior mints! my movie snack bliss!

I choose them lovingly every summer.

And if it's not there, my heart's an abyss,

I guess you could say it's a bummer.