blowing bubbles

she loved to chew
gum all day and all
night. snapping it,
clicking and chewing
like a cow out
to pasture, she'd take
it out when she ate
though, giving
her jaw a break
and stick
it onto the side
of her dinner
plate, or a cup,
saving it for later.
even when we kissed
she tucked it into
her cheek, a wad
of topps, the hard
square kind with
the comic and
fortune inside
and when we made
love she'd blow a
big fat bubble, pink
and round and at the
approriate moment,
well at least for her,
she'd pop it loudly
in my ear and say
something like wowza!