

I)
You look
...ripe
deliberately woman
and I wonder what would happen
if you let yourself go - burst,
sweet seeds of you
freckled on my face - You'd taste like:
pain, summer's rain,
sand from the beach
where buddha mamas
run naked: mango breasts
plantain hips
cookie-dough thighs
skin tenderised
by too much love-making.
II) LIST OF THINGS TO DO WHILE WAITING FOR UR NAILS TO DRY...
1. Stuff your nightmares/ in a seashell/ on a seashore
and watch it float away
2. Sculpt a sand goddess in your own likeness
3. Run she-power workshops for mermaids
4. Publish that book
5. Quit that job
6. Demolish that profiterole
7. Grow.
III) THINGS TO NOTE WHEN SCULPTING A SAND GODDESS...
Only hands that have pleasured Self can sculpt her
Use starfish for her nipples,
seaweed (not algae) for her bush,
and of course: pearls for the most delicate of places.
IV)
We woman-folk
We mama buddhas
run naked down the beach
to catch sweet seeds of you
fall
from the mango tree.