Title: Sweet Sandy (Dedicated to Edinburgh Rock)
Author: McGuire
Number: 86/100
Allocated postcode: EH2
Sweet Sandy (Dedicated to Edinburgh Rock)
My hot mouth sucks your sticky sediment.
A cement of sugar, water, cream of tartar;
Phallus of sugarcane: salmon pink glow stick.
My saliva congeals to your skin, the next suck
meets with cold slobbers.
I crunch into the root of this sweet finger
again and again. My acidic tongue corrodes
sweet chemistry. I lick and delight in
this affair between mouth and minion.
This burner of molars, dentist’s pay cheque,
a child’s demand. Mother’s cunning dummy,
Great volcanic one: Sweetmeat, my saccharine love.
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[...] by Helle Häng No. 84: Jawbone Walk by Julia Sanchez No. 85: Circus Lane by Ivan Landers No. 86: Sweet Sandy by McGuire No. 87: Scarlet by Roddy Lumsden No. 88: On an Old Scots Dictionary by Robby Lumsden No. 89: The [...]