To a Contestant on Naked Attraction

O brave naked singleton!

Now is the time to step out

of the shadows and face up

to your dating destiny.

Now is not the time

to doubt the comeliness

of your meat & two dumpling.

For have you not looked on

in judgement, like a sexy Solomon

weighing up the merits

of nipple piercings?

Have you not marvelled

at the tattooed gazelles

who've dared to bare all 

just for thee,

standing there resplendent

in their nakedidity?

Six sets of lips

pout their distaste

at your anaemic heart.

So take yourself

in hand, my lad.

May Cupid land his dart.

B.R. 16.06.2021

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:

Its loveliness increases; it will never

Pass into nothingness; but still will keep

A bower quiet for us, and - hell's teeth!