Shifty Like Vanilla

rollerblader ladysugar

cocoa butter mon cherie

mina loy’s a baby boy

and trust me jesus was a she

cabin pressure empress bless her

little polka dots

halo picker twist and flicker

fresh to go right out the box

holy mango in the sandpit

wedding-ready thunderfizzle

fickle charmer panorama

white-hot rose and honey thistle

comatoser cool masseuse

and crying tears of perfect silk

to make the whole room feel obtuse

ciao bella bourgeois babymilk

oh tinfoil tulip coffee coaster

frankly finger-width and low tar

you on daisy tiptoes shift my

adam’s apple with a crowbar

yesterday’s cloud mountain cutout

peeking in tomorrow’s briefs

and godspeed cries the fiji mermaid

with a penny in her teeth

my cherry gumshoe chupacabra

cola crispy iceberg brunch

party leader canine breeder labra-

doodles by the bunch

cable tied and ponytailed

my interwoven baronet

upside down and very naked

arizona clarinet

ocean liberator mrs nature

lifting rowboats with a yawn

she is a solo yoyo maker

making yoyos dusk till dawn

mind eraser skin fantasia

rising up with every sweet morn

and you know it when she sways ya

so it’s sayonara sweetcorn

auf wieder sehn to all my bothers

every word you ever said hums

bon nuit to scatman crothers

i am tipping out my bedcrumbs

hypersunset mashpotato

your eye is still the swiftest killer

i’m not gonna take the bait though

‘cos you’re shifty like vanilla