Taking Candy From A Baby

Red candy lips, framed by

Half lidded eyes of

Lascivious flirtation:

She dangles the carrot

Between thigh and navel, and he,

Bound by invisible bonds,

Is dragged along innocently.

The scent of gasoline is

Masked by his consuming hunger.

His myopic fixation affixes

The blinders of lust and obsession

Aside each of his eyes--

All alternative opinions

Are discarded as worthless.

She bares her teeth

In a succulent rictus of victory,

Urging him ever forwards.

The prize is simply too enticing

To ignore.

Suddenly tiring of the preoccupation,

She stops--

He grins with relief

As he approaches her.

As he reaches for the carrot he

Has pursued so earnestly,

His hands, smoldering with the

Flames of desire,

Ignite the fuel and the conflagration

Begins to consume him.

She doubles over with laughter

As the blisters spread from fingernail

To shoulder.

"Careful,"

She whispers,

As she walks away,

Somehow still seductive

As the flames sear their way

Across his torso.

Reviews

[Skoo.]

I really enjoyed reading this (:
I'm not entirely sure how to explain what I think the poem means... It's sort of like, she seduces him, offering him her "carrot", then walks away without giving him said "carrot"... Is the carrot what I think the carrot is?
My favourite part is
"His myopic fixation affixes
The blinders of lust and obsession
Aside each of his eyes"
There's quite a lot of sibilance as well, which makes the poem sound quite sensual and matches the subject, I think.