Clark Gormley #92 Soda Stream

everybody loves bubbles

whether it’s a clown

or champagne

or gravity-defying

floating balls

that you can

reach out and pop

there are no

negative connotations

sitting on the kitchen bench

my own soda pop maker

soda cos it’s so damn good

and pop cos it’s a pop hit

I get mine every morning

it’s the way

to start the day

considered a medicine

by many, a tonic,

a seltzer that settles

the stomach

it’s bottled up

all the excitement

of a century

of soft drink ads

cos now

what used to only

be available in shops

you can make at home

funny how CO₂

which is so bad in the air

is so good in water