Tropical Flesh Mandala

Lying out there on the beach

Was a pleasant growth

In the reach of me and you

In the reach of both



Tropical flesh mandala

Tropical flesh mandala



Floating in a moist exotic pool

Feeling so good-natured I could drool



So I took a photograph

So there'd be no doubt

When I got the pictures back

None of them came out



Tropical flesh mandala

Tropical flesh mandala



Underneath your ribcage and your skin

Honey, there's a new way to get in



It was covered in pink scales

Lots of tiny feathers

Valves that opened up and closed

Very tight together



Tropical flesh mandala

Tropical flesh mandala



On the night the creature came ashore

Someone told Joanna what they're for