Making Love Is Like Taking Insulin Poem by Mark Heathcote

Making love is like taking insulin
I know it also rains in the dark
I know you want to bang your tambourine
Wave it above the branches of your tree
Squeeze two ripe figs between your knees
Hear a dog bark!
But babe if you please, let us first make
Tie-dyed patterns… silkscreen t-shirts.
Yes, I know your lips are solvent
But don't they thirst like a one-armed bandit.

Making love is like taking insulin
I know it also rains in the dark
Because babe I've tasted your heart.
Oh, I want to shoot the world with insulin
Forget all our schooling, their indoctrinated curriculum
I know you want to bang your tambourine
Wave it above the branches of your tree
Squeeze two ripe figs between your knees
Hear a dog bark!
Someday soon I'll feel the same
Less any profane hellish barking.