Lollipops

yes, her lips are like
lollipops except
for the ways they're not

no, they don’t come wrapped
in cellophane and
that handy dandy

paper stick — they don’t
have one of those for
convenient pacing

and they don’t get small
and sharp, enticing
a bite before dis-

appearing altogether
but other than that
her lips are just like

lollipops more than
they’re not