Artichoke - Charming Disaster

Your prickly spines conceal a tender heart

No ordinary ornament

Who dares to scrape you with their teeth

Will find that everything seems sweet

Your scaly petals spiral 'round your core

You always leave me wanting more

I eat but leave unsatisfied

You only whet my appetite

Turtle green, I greedily devour

Open up to me just like the delicatest flower

I send to you this lover’s note

My secret hope

My artichoke

My artichoke

My artichoke

My artichoke

I’ll reach your center sooner, love, or later

Slowly lift away your every overlapping layer

I send to you this lover’s note

My secret hope

My artichoke

My artichoke

My artichoke

My artichoke

Your thorny leaves may be your best defense

Oh thistle, oh you succulent

No epicure could long resist

The urge to taste you on their lips

Armored blossom, I would steam you gently

Show you my devotion, dear, if only you would let me

I send to you this lover’s note

My secret hope

My artichoke

My artichoke

My artichoke

My artichoke

My artichoke

My artichoke

My artichoke

My artichoke

My artichoke

My artichoke

My artichoke