Writing from the stemistry lab
Chimera showgirl
by Christopher Barnes
The hand-sleight that scaled
These plait-fingered feet
Also grafted effigies to boot
In waxworked Tussauds.
My gullet’s on stilts of ruddy flocculence.
I’m the designer heir
Wriggly under closed vermin ears.
Gooseberry bush? It didn’t writhe
Like obstetrics.
Entrails impersonate yours,
Iliac veins too
And this tail’s no inhibition.