6 Riddles From the Exeter Book

...though she who takes me might flinch first.
I'm well set up. Stand erect in bed.
A bit hairy at the root.
two thousand and fiveNow and again
some bloke's daughter (and a looker!)
wraps her hand around me and pulls
my rosy top, and takes my head
right into her pantry — one of those girls
with spunk....


Crispin Elsted
Poetry Daily
18.Sep.04