Cupid's Encounter

Dawn, February 14

Naked:

Cupid rises and cavorts,
shamelessly
aiming careless arrows
at prancing prey.

One wiry waif awaits his prick:
receiving none, she pouts
and puts herself in his winged path.

Caught, Cupid shields his
stem
with scarlet rose
and hovers
blushing the careless colour
of her champagne pink
Coca-Cola carafe.

Picking petals,
her fingers pluck his blatant bow
and capture him:

the first
capricious match is made!