Mardigras Beads

plum and melon beads

glitter gold;

gumdrops for the soul.

 

tangy tangerine tastes

like squeezing juice

upon the tongue.

(After taste and after smell lingering)

 

stretch-stringy fibrous threads

elastic filaments

sway from regal neck

across the breasts.

 

cascading dings

soft rustling

drums for the masquerade.

 

rolling beads

clink and chink

upon each other;

dance their Bayou Twist.

 

slither…click

slither…click

castinettes collide.

 

 

 

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