Sweetness

The lips favor red
and sweet but cream's
fine too, wine-- why not? or
a good Irish stout or Mist.

Start
with a taste on the lips
a wetting--this is
long before the swallow.


But do swallow, and with
tongue and throat
examine the intricacies of sweetness--
drinks and cakes and snacks:

let peacocks kneel for this
sacred moment of savoring. Who
I mean who
savors anymore with

all this rushing--and you know?
When you come right down to it
it's the grave we're rushing toward,
no getting around it, so

enjoy
let the taste carry you
far, away. Hands off:
no steering this game.

And be sure
to miss a few 
buses along the way
for the fun of it.

6/24/09