Basic Bark

He's a really good dark man

All dark, all base

Like confectionery chocolate

An unyielding, immense thrust of taste

Just the main ingredient

his hot breath, needing

Just the main ingredient...

But, I think he's a really good dark man

Real dark, depraved

Like raw melted marble

I crown at this acquired taste

A basic bark with nothing more to make it bearable

A bitter bark that is sumptuously irremissible

Like confectionery chocolate

The kind that is sour

Just the main ingredient he pants, indulgently

Just the main ingredient...

To test the assumptions

Clburdett, 2015

*Photo by Andrey Lavrishchev