Sourdoughed And Rimmeled

Sourdoughed
and rimmeled in
a yawn of wide-eyed
awareness bright,

lashes shined in a wax-
gathered envy
delighting paired
openings

cleverly darkened,
inviting light
that shines out of the
multi-tiered and

mascara’d eye.
Coal black or tenement
white lashes flash
a benign warning –

a fractious dash,
heralding
the beginnings of
articulated passion;

there is no going
back when the
cleidoic stare
fixes you in place,

spears your eyes
with its steely tips,
sires an obdurate
embrace.
© 12 May 2007, I.D. Carswell

Tara McHale challenged me to write a poem about mascara... Whew!