SWEET PLEASURE
by
Michael Keshigian
Sweet little
chocolate
in the candy shop,
I gave your brown
shell
a bite when no one
saw,
took your creamy
filling
for a ride in my
mouth,
on my tongue
to all those
secret places
where I might
sense the nuance
of your flavored
butter breath.
As you awakened my
palate,
I tried to appear
innocent
from the guilty
pleasure
your confectionary
sin availed,
greeting the clerk
with a tight-lipped
smile
as I perused the
display
with you
discreetly perched
behind my teeth,
slowly melting
away.
Michael Keshigian is the author of 14 poetry
collections. His most recent poems have appeared in The Comstock Review,
Blue Pepper, California Quarterly, Misfit Magazine, and Tipton
Poetry Journal. He has been published in numerous national and
international journals and has appeared as feature writer in twenty
publications with 7 Pushcart Prize and 3 Best Of The Net nominations.
