tapioca

                                        tapioca

                                   lap at pudding
                                  and self-beauty
                               because sometimes,
                            hero-worship is healthy
                         and you can paint yourself
                            in new, glorious colours
                                like bruise-purple
                                     and green
                          and concrete, statuesque
                                        white.
                              make certain to be
                                an audible soul.
                        take great strides to be pure
                                  and god-like,
                      exalt in your pleasure precision
                          use your fingers as eyes . . .
                                throw back your
                                 silk-lined neck
                       with the laughter of nymphs.

                   . . . be sure to taste like tapioca.