Tootsie Pop Art
Lee Crickman
Lickable attraction! Painted cutlet!
Silkscreen skin blushing between
compliments and captured prey. Red.
Mix yeast, cherries, ink, and wheat.
A low budget grind show smacked
pastelike on a face, fur and bone,
lips and cheeks. Leaving prehistoric boys
jaw droopy and grunting,
“How many licks does it take to get
to the center of that?” Then the teeth.
Furtive plaque removal in the men’s room,
mint floss suspended sorry,
wrong door. What a winning smile
Marilyn Monroe, like blotted lipstick
pixels printed tawdry on the mirror,
ready for a night on the town.