Larger Than Life

I love your bunions
The way they glow when they've been angered
I love your eyes
Shot with blood and matched with bags
I love your hourglass ass
The hairs that rope round bars of soap
Your cellulite
Soft-patterned marble.

Your varicose veins
More intricate than a Roman mural
Your cauliflower ear
You cock to listen to me clear
Your clipped toenails
Snug beside me in my bed
Dandruff drops
Alighting on the curlers on your head

Your ashtray smile
That nicotine hit when you kiss me full on
Yellowed thumbs
Remain when all the smoke has gone
You’re there for me
In full fat form I dream about your looks
Much more of you
Than the slim young things in modern books

I'd miss your smell
That stale sweat that wakens me each day
Larger than life
Thank God your love is just a touch away.