Puzzle
“Right . . . what is my point? My point is simply that I love you, that we’re linked in some way that none of the others is linked.” ~Anne Rice, Memnoch the Devil
Of course I don’t remember this gilt lamp
From years ago. Why would I? It is just
Another art nouveau big titted vamp
Tricked out in gold. The glossy gilded bust
Supposedly commands the eye among
The swirls (so predictable). It seems
That she’s a famous dancer, though now flung
On the rust heap of time. Her costume streams
Above her tresses as if anyone
Could care about her drapery or her tits.
I mean, it’s only some breasts and some bun,
Bare breasts. That’s all. They’re only shaped liked zits
Encased in gold. Most puzzling of all
Is why I sent it with a gold ink scrawl.