SWEET OVER THE TOP by Beth Haist

Do you really want the truth of me-

Do you want me-
Raw & Rounded-

Tangy under your tongue
Rolling around with you-

Will you give me your ALL?

She asks,
-parrying
thrusting
Telling Tales…

when it is just a tale of two-
when there are ‘plenty of fish’
In the sea-

How stupid, I think
To regal me-
To a taste

An afterthought-

When I am
full-bodied
And decadent.

Treasures of Aloha

I will never forget
Thunder Bay Lookout–

And the restaurant
We found,
The maitre-d

Greeted me like an old friend

“YOU CAME BACK”
He said-
warm & jovial

Telling me
of the Rouloudan
And the hot spicy shrimp

My favorites he assured me–

Of course,
My doppelganger

Already knew to set the table-
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