Jawbreaker

Today, I want to make a jawbreaker out of the world, one of those that got passed around in fourth grade, the huge ones that you put into your mouth and just sucked on and sucked on, and as much as you wanted to bite it, you couldn't, but hours later (or what seemed like hours) you'd pull it out, and there between your sticky thumb and sticky finger, it'd be something else entirely--leafgreen or deeprose or pomegranatepurple--and you'd put it back into your mouth-- maybe small enough now to puff up your cheek--and sitting under the blue sky, under the roof of the school, under the stars on the bulletin board, you'd wonder what on earth that jawbreaker could possibly turn into next .