The April Fool

 

Happy April Fool! Love, Mom
the note in my lunch sack said.
I should’ve been suspicious.
I should’ve been filled with dread.

I pawed through the sack’s contents,
and my f a v o r i t e treat I spied
a chocolate graham cracker sandwich
with white frosting spread inside.

So, without thinking, this April fool
chomped a big bite in haste.
It wasn’t frosting after all.
It was creamy white toothpaste!