Poem // with lollipop-sweet syrup (2013)

with lollipop-sweet syrup

dripping

from your

teeth, the corners

of your candied-

apple lips turned up

in a Cheshire grin

as if you

had a secret and

not even

i could know.

sometimes

behind your saccharine-

sweet smile,

i can taste something

that has gone

sour.

By M. Wobrak (2013)