your nose

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your nose


is a playground
    of freckles
a structure
    of arches
a tip that bobs
    when you speak


sphinx when thinking
gusher when sad
obstacle to kissing
monster when mad


fun to rub


curious trilobite
    poking
    in private places


petri dish for pimples
road map of pores


insert pencils
    be a walrus


fragrance of orchid, scent of musk, perfume of a lover
all enter the cavern where stalactites drip,
goblins troll, bats flap through forests of hair
somehow yielding
    ecstasy

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