Bubbles

My saliva has a quality just when I get up that is excellent
For blowing bubbles. It’s an embarrassing habit because children
Play with their spittle too -- it dribbles down their chins in unsightly
Globs. But I like the feeling, cleaner than a kiss. -- I push my tongue
Under my tooth; I feel the sphere massage the cleft below the gland
Where is the issue of my drool; I cup it with the tip and push it raw
Into the light. As children do, I blow into the circled space and watch
The bubble fall and sway -- and pop or stay -- the still geometry of air.