When he discovered
How much she loved it
He put honey on everything
Eyes nose toes everything between
How much she loved it
Her Cambodian honey king
Eyes nose toes everything between
He crowned her his queen
Her Cambodian honey king
Their kingdom a cold water flat on Cornelia
He crowned her his queen
Pale sea-green rug a cherry blossom blooming
Their kingdom a cold water flat on Cornelia
Virgin bare except for the silk they slept on
Pale sea-green rug a cherry blossom blooming
They loved played like children softly weeping
Virgin bare except for the silk they slept on
Ravel Debussy seeping from the sun shadows
They loved played like children softly weeping
He rubbed honey on her secrets
Ravel Debussy seeping from the sun shadows
Washing her in the kitchen in a deep tub
He rubbed honey on her secrets
Fed her meat and sage flower soup with honey
Washing her in the kitchen in a deep tub
She held on tight so he would always stay
Fed her meat and sage flower soup with honey
Then one day her Cambodian honey king lost his way
She held on tight so he would always stay
But he lost his way fell into the coral sea
Then one day her Cambodian honey king lost his way
His body a ship with rudders tangled in seaweed all colors
But he lost his way fell into the coral sea
She saw him with mermaids gathering sea honey swallowing eel
His body a ship with rudders tangled in seaweed all colors
He called she couldn’t answer she cut her honeyed hair and pretended sleep
Kathleen Widdoes has been an actress for many years in the theatre, television and film. She received a Tony nomination for Beatrice in ‘“Much Ado About Nothing,” three Obie awards for Off-Broadway performances, in plays by Dumas, Chekhov and Brecht. She was Edith Wharton in PBS’s “Looking Back” and received four Emmy nominations as Emma Snyder in Daytime Soap, “As The World Turns.” She was Joe Papp’s first Juliet and all the dark ladies of Shakespeare at The New York Shakespeare Festival. Some films include, The Group, Masha in The Seagull, and Courage Under Fire. Kathleen’s writing has appeared in 12th Street journal and is now an honors student in the Riggio Writing & Democracy Program working towards a B.A. at The New School.
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