How craven! How chicken-hearted!
My milky-calved darling, my precious
Ultramarine lorikeet! Lapis lazuli
Peahen all clumped and hissing,
Thatched tongue churning! I am
Your begrimed rooster, your
Bug-eyed chanticleer… Beware
My curved claws, my love-spurs,
My squawking wings! Who are you
To resist my love spool? My yolk
Song? My bodacious feather creams?
Nuzzle with me. Strut and enter
My bower.
