The endless joys
Of two brothers wandering the Kingdom of Toys
The gold gates are guarded by wooden knights with no names
They never join in the games
It's your bright grin
That convinces them to let us in
Lakes of fizzy orange pop
Spongey cake mountaintops
Scaling chocolate towers
Overlooking taffy flowers
Sailing on rubber duck boats
A local nutcracker yells "Beware of the three guh-lack motes!"
Confused, we ask, "Are they dangerous?"
"No!" she replies, "Just ambidextrous!"
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The sun sets with colors that baffle
As we join the gathering in the castle
The Kingdom turns silent
Two figures enter wearing robes of scarlet
The people are locked in a trance
As the toy king and queen begin to dance
Joking jesters twirl in delight
Reciting poems made of light
But your voice is all I hear
As the audience erupts in cheer
Suddenly, a wind-up blue jay lands in my palm
With a twist it flies off, singing the secret psalm
Which becomes a duet with a broken dove
Ascending to the unending above
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We sit by the lake, cheesy shooting stars gliding through the skies
While you tell cheesier jokes that make me roll my eyes
You get a crowd going for a while
Even the knights can't help but smile
As the stars begin to laugh
I grab a clicky cyan camera for a photograph
Before I can snap, out calls the gentle voice of the sun
"Yes, take photos before the day is done!"
"But is a moment like this worth only fading glances?"
I return to the joke-making jubilee, not taking any chances
Now comes a round of robot combat, build them up strong, indeed
Punches, kicks, and blocks fly at supersonic speeds
And when the epic battle is at an end
"Put them back together, we gotta do this again!"
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That night, like many before, ended at the royal arcade
Endless screens flickered in a brilliant cascade
A royal gaming competition with a grand prize
A cookie pizza of enormous size
We cracked our knuckles and approached the machines
I chuckled and said, "That pizza belongs to me!"
Bleeps blared, neon lights flashed
How did you move so fast?
You won in a triumphant glee
But broke off a piece for me
I held the piece in dramatic disgrace
As a proud smirk formed on your face
"Next time win it yourself, okay?'
We sat down, ate together, and brainstormed for the next day
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And now it seems
The doors of the Kingdom won't open for me
Now I'm weaving together threads of joy
From the memories of those toys
And those moments I shared with you
You remember them too?
The robots, the treats, the royal dancers
An endless tome of adventures
The ragged rhythms of life may leave me tired and broken
But, one day, I'll knock and the doors will open
I can already see your sunny smile shine
I promise you'll get the whole pizza this time
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