Tickle Me Pink

Tickle me pink

Said the girl with the shaven head

I am tougher than the boys in the cage

The boys who send you out 

To filch cigarettes from strangers

And lift miniature bottles of cologne from the shops

She went a roaming one day

And got lost on the way

Tickle me pink

Said the girl with the shaven head

Who found in the jungle

The cold, large metal cage

Inside the cage were boys so fair

So pretty, so slim, with only underwear

Tickle me pink, she giggled and stared

At those handsome, sexy young men in their underwear

Give us a fag luv,

And cover us in expensive perfume

We’re so pretty, said the boys, prettier than you

There were many male bodies cramped in the cage

Metal and cold, they made the girl’s hormones rage

Tickle me pink

Such a sight never was seen

All these pretty boys in their underwear

Some of the boys had lizard eyes

Some of the boys had talons for hands

Some of the boys had hooves for feet

Some of the boys had the tongue of a viper

Some of the boys had scorpion tails

And all of the boys had snakes between their thighs

The caged boys pouted and preened

Tickle me pink, I want to get in

So the girl shaved off her hair and took of her shirt

So maybe she’d fit in 

But there were no vipers or lizards under her skirt

Only breasts,

Failing guts

And a heart that beat too fast

Slip through the cage

You’ll get used to the cold metal

Come play a game of cards luv

Actually, just kiss our backs and watch the game

Give us a fag and don’t tell us your name

The girl with the shaven head pondered a while

She cared not about the talons 

and fangs and tails and wings

The boys were handsome handsome with the prettiest eyes

Deep, sad glassy rainbow eyes, with the liveliest smiles

Naked skin, soft, smooth and taut

Lips that looked like they would make her hair grow back

The girl with the shaven head slid through the bars

To join those strange and heavenly creatures

And they ate her alive, heart, liver, spleen, eyeballs and all

Had their cigarettes

Put on more cologne

And played a game of cards

Tickle me pick 

Said the girl who was dead

I still think I’m tougher

Than the boys in the cage

Copyright, November 28, 2007, Michele Koh