Caramel and taffy
chocolate mint-creams
sticks of sugar-cane she sucked
endlessly
in her Dunk’n’ Donuts uniform
lips coated
fingers caked in confectionary powders
all day long, she wetted her tongue
til he came,
that acne faced delivery boy,
carrying cartons and cartons of milk
in those Berkeley Farms boxes
nose buried in her thighs
fever flooding,
layers of skim
in her
Oh and the foam, foam, foam
washed white her hair-
was sweeter than chocolate éclairs
was smoother than custard pudding!
Her lips blistered
swelled, peeled,
tender, and sanguineous organ,
breathes sugar for air
Blood, Bone, and Stone, Copyright © 2013 Aria Ligi, Mighty Muse Productions
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