Duff's Endearment

Duff's Endearment

Hold me every night until
the saucepan boils
cook my eggs hold me tight
set my place at table.

You have such manners
as set a man on fire
I have never seen you ugly
I have never seen you smile.

for all your teeth I have a kiss
for all your tongues a wink
for all your knees a promise
to lick at everything.

with rope and a scour
by the scruff of the neck
in delighting every minute
you make everything undress, oh

edifice in ordure,
children with cutlery.
Grew daffodils for
some fucking reason.