Love Poem: The Monroe Moon
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Written by: Susan Ashley

The Monroe Moon

In glamor-light of sunset
a new crowd of cumulus clouds arrive
and revive a sepia sky-scene—
unworldly woolgatherers gather
spinning fantasy fluff into quixotic yarns
of debutantes dancing with honeymoon hunger;
their dewy eyes blurred by the sawdust of stardust

pseudo-princess-pleasure-seekers
—drama daring 
pinot-noir peignoir baring—
full of themselves  and solar ignition
preen like quasi queens
…as they gaze
into a saffron glazed 
looking-glass lake…
full-bodied   peony-plush
reflections blushed 
hot-stuff  cream-puffs 
jostling for prime position
as an aqueous mirror acquiesces
and titillating fantasies tingle 
stiffened spines of sideline reeds…
they; the toast of twilight-nightlife
a pageant of ripened peach pin-ups
oh, poor scarlet starlets
they know not the fleeting nature of their beauty

what about the golden hour
excites them so?
fiery shades ride high  persuading 
yes— invading 
pale day-maiden thighs
apple bottoms clasped
flaunted bosoms grasped—
Venus-like vesper vixens
marshmallowy
binge on technicolor like bonfire bonbons
they press together in suspended solidarity; 
sorority girls—kittenish
revel in new found sex-appeal

lipstick pinks and Ferrari reds   
possess racy candied cumulus curves
like zealous jealous neon lovers—
frothy gypsies glowing in the gloaming 
        g l i d e . . .
gold-god seeded and heated

a romance with the Sun;  a hot affair!
yet— flirtations with flimsy sylphs
tempts not a noon time flare
from sundown stud’s embers;
rude-rock-star  
(his palate jaded by tipsy celestial bodies)
beds down behind dark downy hills—
the burn of their yearn spurned!
his high voltage rays fade
and sangria party-girls age;
a floating flock of feminine flamingos 
no longer in a flamenco mood—
plumpy-plummy cumulus clouds
jelly-jam-juicy in cleavage couture 
turn old mare gray
—puffed-up ethereal egos 
           deflate 

…and then... 

SHE 

R I S E S

from diurnal dust of eastern dusk…

roused by nighttime reveilles
of nightingales’ negligee-nocturnes 
a solo solar-system seductress sashays on stage
oh! how she floats 
airy as a dandelion’s floury puff—
skin lustrous as porcelain 
as if touched upon by fingers of candlelight 

she ascends the darkling yet star-sparkling dias
above and beyond 
Rubenesque scoops of vague vanilla vapor
—harebrain Janes;  p l a i n 
in the absence of the setting-star’s chroma spill—

cool   aloof  

a l o f t

the ageless dreamboat diva lounges
her half-closed eyes—orgasmic; 
the Milky Way beneath black-fringed lids… 
her blueberry-velvet boudoir bespangled 
like a discotheque
the solar-wind his love song
his corona her crown
her nightspot  their hotspot

the   o r i g i n a l  platinum blonde 
gold-simmered in star-shimmered lamé
the “Monroe” moon
tangles a tequila tango;
pepper passion with sugar cane dreams—

features of her famed face framed
in a gilded spotlight–
his all-night sheen   
caresses
honeydew hips 
kisses 
pillow pout lips—parted
pleasure principle honey dipped
nightglow-seduction sipped 

the Sun her prince
—s h e—
his flaxen haired showgirl!
his swoon wooed
by her night shining dance;
veil-frail-cirrus swirl 
showy flowy billows whirl
wrap  and  unwrap
a ‘sugar-cookie-shimmy’ hotshot
in her starring role strip tease—

his stargazing chéri
his elegant exhibitionist;  a stager  a player…
he— a rapt voyeur— rapturous!
for her   
he will   r i s e  
again  and   again
she— his pearly-petaled moonflower 
unfurled in cosmic foreplay
a white-satin-sheets dreamer
a sun-cinema romancer
an immortal go-go dancer 
forever pulsing male mortal blood into whiskey
as ingénue-innocence spoons ultraviolet lust!

ah, poor scarlet starlets—ha!
no.. they know not the fleeting nature of their beauty

hot spiced cider; 
the taste of laughing the last laugh 
celebrates upon her silver tongue