Apples and Peanut Butter

I've grappled with peas, nuts, cookies and others.

I've even managed to hide wedges of cheese

beneath my Jurassic Park pillow covers.

I've danced with bacon, and slept with gushers,

I've even stolen precious Italian chocolate toffee

from the armored vault of my mother.

I've had relations with pizza -

good, bad, ugly and lover -

and there are things I cannot mention

which have been done with warm butter.

Yet, there is only one childhood snack

which continues to make my heart

sputter - dipping those delicious, juicy apples

into creamy peanut butter.