My Left Breast

Pale pink
nippled
round mound

bound
by
white cloth

you are
the perfect
pointed star

I hope
they let me
keep you

Copyright © 2000 Dorothy Doyle Mienko • Selection from Amethyst Journey, June 2000 • All rights reserved.
Painting: “Toilette du Matin” by Armand Rassenfosse, 1919.