DEMONS AND JELLY BEANS

(after viewing several paintings by Salvador Dali...)



NEST:

Deep in the guts must the young heart root
if love is to shoot through the flesh
and tickle through ribs till it blooms in song.
Only then will its thrust be strong
against the winds that predators scent
when petals open into beast,
as child, racing against Darwin's ages,
still rattles toys in passion's rages.


None but hands scarred by a lover's tears
can enfold both blossom and claw,
and closely hold for more than brutish while
what love molds from beast, bloom, and child.

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HOLD ME CLOSE, yes; but know when to let go.


SUICIDE VESTS are not allowed in Islamic nudist camps.


LOW-RIDING LEVIS: belly jeans.