By Misti Velvet Rainwater
Date: 5 November 1998

taste test

     suffering through my 10:00
       remedial math class
      bloated in the blue wrinkled
        dress I wore
      on our date last night
        I'm full of you
        burnished, polished
           glowing alive
       I've been loved
         licked, tasted
             explored
        I must be sweet
        I must be here
        on purpose
    your girl
     the world's doll
  here to serve
  here to get it right
     in just one
           night