Ruth Walters (London, U.K.)

This thing of darkness
is his huge black mole.
It has little hairs
like spider's legs
and sits on his bottom
where he cannot spy it.
He proudly acknowledges
that it belongs to him
and has been seen by all his lovers,
so he tells me,
so it's hardly undiscovered.
It's a landmark so imposing
and I'd take a cheeky guess
some day the nasty zit will ooze
and die a timely death.