Digital Mouth
Rapid delivery; no delay
that was the digital mouth
I met in salon of affection
a living computer device
“Statue of amateur artist
flowing hair of the underworld
twiggy limbs of praying mantis
wasp-like waist of a pin
piercing mouth of mosquito
scaly skin of a frog
nose loaned from a hippo
squatting eyes of imaginary being”
One thousand words per minute
digital mouth bombed me
describing how pretty I am
in artificial attire of hired flesh
I wear around without shame
borrowed from somewhere
unknown, unknown!
All things foreign to the ear
I humbly received, swallowed
from the one I wedded in heart
but all is lost; for a time it was it
butter became bitter; sweet, swarthy
When wedlock lived is lost
digital mouth is charged!
Copyright © Solomon Ochwo-Oburu | Year Posted 2017
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