Gingerbread Man
God made you of some gingerbread
which over time intensifies:
so that with every year, your breath
will taste of hotter, sweeter spice!
Christina Egan © 2014
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We Married on the Ferris-Wheel
Vienna quivered in the heat
for our furtive feast:
we married on the ferris-wheel
(we kissed on it, at least).
The palaces shone yellow-white
like lemon cakes with glaze:
we married in the royal grounds
(we kissed within a maze).
That summer rolled into a ball
and down the hill of time –
Vienna basks in splendour still,
my bridegroom still is mine!
Christina Egan © 2014
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String of Pearls
Your presence makes this globe that whirls
the best of all existing worlds —
your kisses make this blob a pearl
from which a string of worlds unfurls!
Christina Egan © 2015
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Asteroid
He inhabits his own tiny planet,
a fragment of rock, you might say;
his orbit seems steep and erratic
and often immensely away.
Yet, what you can’t see from your garret
nor find in your smart telescopes:
it’s two of them snug on that comet
that’s studded with roses and oaks.
Christina Egan © 2010