SELF PORTRAIT

Succulent meatball of gentle tenderness,
pie stuffed with crickets and songs,
a bulky tome of perfumed verses,
chrysalis of silk worms.

Sturdy Skirt or jeans,
Bra made of hands embroidered with fingernails.
Bosom, as the customer chooses
and strong thighs
with gentle scars
on both Skinned knees