He ain't got no balls - HE'S
got some balls - what about
a female metaphor for strength? "She
has SOME breasts..."
is too smooth, too soft, too gelatinous, like
a kirsch splashed chocolate pudding,
the bite of something extra, for a kick

away from flat incomplete plain of age 8
to falsies for the pubescent-awkward-senior

Strength lies elsewhere. Ah but weakness...

Published in Bywords: Poetry and Ottawa Literary Events, Volume 10, Number. 6, May 2000.