A Cuppa
she went first.
it was her way
to settle things early on
broach unpleasantries
teacup in hand
launch earl grey
through spit
shine until done
crepe smile
fingers bent
ditching the cup
in favor of
a lily.
copyright/all rights reserved Audrey Howitt 2016
Posted for Poets United Pantry
She sounds very diplomatic....smiles.
ReplyDeleteQuite the LADY... :-)
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crepe smile
ReplyDeletefingers bent
ditching the cup
in favor of
a lily.
Wow!!
Amazing what can be accomplished with a teacup in hand!
ReplyDeleteNice image
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Much love...
ha. interesting scene, I'm wondering what happened after...did she succeed? received the lili? :)
ReplyDeleteOh my. This is very sexy.
ReplyDeleteIt could be about death, with the end describing her holding a flower, lying in her casket; but I'm choosing to read it in an entirely different way.
The title, of course, is about breasts. So the one girl is touching the other girl's A cups ... but then she moves downward, to the girl's "lily." :)
I LOVE the first line ... "she went first," suggesting that after the poem ends, it's her turn to receive (after giving --- and giving well, I presume).
This is masterful poetry, Audrey. So fulfilling to read. Thank you for writing this. I know many will thoroughly enjoy it, if they're paying attention.
I'm imagining her as a magician when she ditches her cup for a lily!
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There must be good reasons for that. Perhaps delicate beauty excites her!
Hank
i was thinking differently, almost in Hank's way...after reading some comments i was like dwwww....
ReplyDeletePoignant in its understatement. (I read it as being about one who has died.)
ReplyDeleteNice. You know having just got back from.Nepal...a cup of tea is like the standard greeting. A time of bonding. You have symbolically walked us through a full story here.
ReplyDeleteA cup of tea...is sometimes all one needs.
ReplyDeleteone of my favourite poems I've read this week - the layers of allusion lie subtly in your well wrought imagery
ReplyDeleteYour poetry is like a warm bath scented with lavender.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you have used short lines. This also has a staccato effect. The images shine through.
ReplyDeletejeez! the things I have said over a cup of tea :)
ReplyDeleteGood one, Audrey!
Very diplomatic way with the tea..but there are undercurrents here too, smiles.
ReplyDeleteOne must have priorities and make choices....I'd ditch a cup of tea for a lily any day ;-)
ReplyDeletemmm tea or lily. allot can be said over tea. but the lily, choices we've to make
ReplyDeleteReading this a second time I see much more symbolism in this. Still I see the tea as greeting, but the lily...this can be a symbol of death, but also the flower could be life...and forsaking the talking about it and embracing life.
ReplyDeleteLovely flower the lily so she must be a lovely lady.
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