Flavor

Lay a naked slug on your neck
and watch it fizzle
like the putrid snail
I slaughtered at six
after licking red licorice

I’ve a taste for candy bars
followed by potato chips
lime after lemon

and the flavor of your nape
after the apple
has rotted away

2 Comments (+add yours?)

  1. Tyrone
    Oct 22, 2010 @ 11:37:44

    The tastes, smells, and sounds of this piece are visceral and alive, especially the second stanza.

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  2. cannyuncanny
    Oct 22, 2010 @ 16:47:02

    Thanks Tyrone. This poem is one of a collection/chapbook I’m working on, “The Sensuous Poems”…

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