the last sin   pale ashen sky a bleary eye clouds of recurring screams... i am a zoo   an octopus leviathan tentacles into an ocean of unformed emotions... syphilis and love     syphilitic pall stifles the clear blue i contort...   shell and pearl   amidst highs and lows in life's ocean flows a shell peony-mouthed...   i am an unmarried mother     fed on stings of barbed milk morality my child-plankton...   the lovers   cell upon cell bridge of their union hung on the pillars... rebirth   ogre of age and time cavil at a warm picture... the young today   innocence thaws at the altar of ambition...		blush on that playful blush on your cheek deserves more than a honey-kissed whiff a dab of fresh dew and dreams the colours in a rainbow exist because they are mirrored in your kohl-lined eyes a poem survives because you brought it to your lips thank you 17 October 2006 Poetry Home