First sonnet of the new year

when normal words cannot suffice

To call her shape 'spectacular' is like
asserting Everest is 'merely high';
or that to climb that peak is just a hike
of 'modest challenge' -- one will vainly try
to underplay her overarch, for she
could be the archetype of feminine
confection, pure as honey from the bee
and beck'ning sweetly in our eyes, akin
to serpentine temptation's curse. We must
surpass one simple word to capture how
she is; a phrase or two might do her just-
ice, even more a book would serve to show,
with pages of exceptionality,
how she befits uncommonality.

(Inspired by Nikki Cormier)