 MPF 15 -- A LUNAR SKIN LOTION
I once used SPF 15, but now I walk outside at dusk. Light sensitive, I know that means I need a dermatologist's prescription for some MPF to shield my skin against moonbeams. A 15 should be high enough if I don't saunter in the buff.
 For poems about psoriasis and extensive information about the condition, please visit Ed Dewke's FlakeHQ.com, where he has given me a poet laureate page with more than two dozen poems at
Several are ekphrastic, written to wonderful paintings by Robert Chapla (three of them) and Judy Molyneux (only one so far).
Eucalyptus Envy, although without a painting, remains my favorite and follows below:
EUCALYPTUS ENVY
A eucalyptus sheds its bark the way we flakers strip off skin. It's no wonder I feel akin to this tree.
Had I its slender leaves, I'd place them over me, maybe quite gracefully instead of hiding limbs with slacks and sleeves.
If what grew under my outer layer were not inflamed but palely fairer, the way the eucalyptus is when its thick skin disengages, I'd flash a shin now and then. |