BACK-CURLED KNEES
by Avery Ray Colter

Lady with the back-curled knees,
So much beauty do I see,
When I gaze upon your form,
A billowing cloud that veils a storm:
A storm of fierceness, love and pride,
Wavelets ripple like the tide
Across your flesh so round and wide;
The vision makes me warm inside.
When they tell you to reduce,
And choke your waist in a bitter noose,
I will come with silver spear
To drive them all away from here.
The evil ones will fade, and then
You'll never be ordered to starve again.
You'll come to learn from my hands and lips
The beauty in your dancing hips.
The aching pain, the lies unkind,
Together we'll drive these from your mind.
Call my name and I'll set you free,
Lady of the back-curled knees.

CHASTITY BELT
by Avery Ray Colter

Your girdle is like a chastity belt.
Encased in hard cloth, you cannot be felt.
How can you bear such a noose to wear,
Choking, blue, and gasping for air?

Cast off this thing that makes you wheeze,
Throw open your lungs to the warm summer breeze.
Loosen all the cords that bind,
And let your body make peace with your mind.
Let your rolling tummy run free,
A piece of heaven for all to see.
Don't hide away your hips' great flair,
But let them span from here to there!

Those who would put your fat in the fire
Are all of them cowards when brought to the wire.
Those who would rid your tea of your honey
Want only two things: your death and your money!

They lied when they told you your roundness was bad.
They hide the truth, but the truth can be had:

SELF-HATE IS MINDLESS,

REDUCTION'S A JOKE,

AND THE GIRDLE SERVES ONLY TO STRANGLE AND CHOKE.

SWIVEL-HIPS
by Avery Ray Colter

Swivel-hips
swaying
Up the stairs
bounding
My heart
pounding
Seeing you
bouncing
Sea of hair
cascades
Into those
full waves
Flying in
wild winds
Spiraling
spinning
 Tender sides
wiggling
Tummy
quivering
My I'm
shivering
Staring
marveling
Soft legs
shimmering
Deep eyes
glimmering
Smooth voice
giggling
Got me
dreaming
 Dreaming of
wild nights
Reaching for
high heights
Under the
low lights
Giving you
love bites
Tenderly
kneeding
On your flesh
feeding
Slender arms
hugging
Hugging you
tighter
 Till your
love mounds
Overflow
all bounds
Revel in
your sounds
In the warm
dark night
This is what
I feel
My desire
so real
Loving your
great big
Swivel hips
Yeah!

TEARYEYE
by Avery Ray Colter

Eyes big, eyes blue,
Eyes wet with tears.
Who looks, who sees,
Who listens, who hears?
Tearyeye my weepy dear,
Hiding a treasure,
A treasure of cheer.

Golden sunlight buried deep,
Far inside these eyes that weep.
So much love, so much life,
So much pain from bitter strife.

As I write, I see your face.
Fiery hair, soft as lace.
Pearly white angelic smile.
Big eyes gleaming all the while.

Now I see that other face.
Joy is lost without a trace.
Dashed on the rocks, your fallen head.
Eyes aflood, swollen red.


Who's one up and who's one down?
Who's left standing and who hits the ground?
Those who love or those who hate?
Storm-swept lady, what's your fate?

Consciousness is foiled and scattered,
Future hopes are cruelly shattered.
Left to ask how much it mattered,
Whether you'll be maligned or flattered.

I just get the lingering thought,
That only from self can strength be brought;
That only from self can come the joy,
That others can only feed or destroy.

Something magic happened last night:
You turned me on, set my heart to flight,
With the tale of your teary eye so blue,
By speaking about yourself so true.

Does it mean forevermore?
Nothing is certain in love and war.
Will it be enough?
I cannot say,
But at least it's something anyway.