As/Is







1.12.2005




This freak riding
south on the Kennedy 43, bald
white, glasses, looks
like a math teacher

is ogling the young
Scarborough girls
his tongue
rolling
over his chin.

He leans to the girl sitting
next to him

'I like looking at your friend's facial
expressions' he grins
& points
across the aisle

& now I wait for a pad thai
across the street
from a blinking sign

'very satisfying lap dances'

& buddy
are you in there right now

'your pleasure is our desire'

your mind not on
mathematics

'up close & personal & totally nude'

& your briefcase still on your lap?