Lay From The Cleopatra Planet

                                Érase un espolón de una galera,

                                érase una piramide de Egito... .

                                     

                                                  Francisco de Quevedo

                            Le nez de Cléopâtre, s'il eût été plus court,

                                  toute la face de la terre aurait changé.

                                                    Blaise Pascal

A woman without a nose

is a missing person

disappeared without a trace

is a firetruck without a hose

is a bust without a face

is hair without a trigger

(the bigger the better)

like a starter's pistol

setting off a hundred yard dash

up or down doesn't matter

let it match

or let it clash

let it fly

or let it crash

let it angle heavenward

let it wink in orbit

let it soar on flapping wings

surveying the netherlands below

let it be waterproof

let it be absorbent

let it dangle

let it honk

let it sneeze

let it be an Amazon of olfaction

let it be numb

let it be smooth

let it be sensitive and hairy

let it be in traction

let it be a pendulum swinging with every nod

let it be even

let it be odd

let it have a headache

let it be the wrong time of the week or month or year

let it be a real pain in the ass

let it be a dear

forget Trista

sister of Mr. Shandy

let it be a dandy

let it be Cleopatra's

rowing with Antony or Caesar

let be a booted daughter of Sinatra's

call it

beauty or beauty spot

just let it be a lot.

E. A. Costa

E. A. Costa   September 13,  2016       Granada, Nicaragua