Sunday, July 25, 2021

oyster love

legend has it that
roman emperors traded them
for gold.
that Casanova
ate fifty each morning
before his first
rendezvous of the day.
the Dutch sailors
of the seventeenth century
swore by their
powers, their love enhancing
effects.
it's all about minerals
within, the zinc.
no wonder so many
are sold, cut open
with a sharp knife,
then dashed with hot sauce, 
or lemon, before
being
swallowed whole.

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