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Red Beans on Rice

By

Doug Tanoury

 

Freckles sprinkled lightly

Over the whiteness

Of pale and perfect skin

Like spice spilled

Across a tablecloth

I imagine them seasoning

And added flavor

To the milk and cream

Of arm and leg

 

Hair like new copper

Wavy and full that falls across

The virginity of bare shoulders

And the snow covered hills

That is her naked ass

A Pre-Raphaelite vision

A shivering Ophelia

Whose color calls to mind

Red beans on rice