Wayne Thiebaud - Cupcake (poem) - Hide and Seek*

Hide and Seek

There is a pretty in you

I can measure when it’s out

You wrap it in a whisper

But it comes out as a shout.

There is no way to love it

Is gift-wrapped in a she

Pulsing up and down yourself

For worlds of eyes to see.

It bounds around your person

Always hidden in your smile.

And although I cannot touch it

I may eat it with a smile.

*Source: - Wayne Thiebaud : private drawings, the artist’s sketchbook - 1988

ISBN 0-8109-4994-6 – Special Edition – (new 13 digit ISBN 978-0-8109-4994-2) 

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