throat mirror magic show

lost in the brain of "all grown up"

fiery synapses around dome & globe

made her bound in metal

and wounded pregnancy

tested for blessing

to shave the wooden collector

of soft toys and other

lost joys

kings of these lower hells

mourn our shortage

of qualified virgins

and the loss

of yet another ice cream season

(we will fall with the drop

at the drop of a rain)