03-01-2023, 05:41 AM
Senecio at the A&P
So many, so pretty
my mantra for the female half of the planet
though lately it’s rarely muttered,
a prayer that’s lost its power.
It’s an odd perspective
this view of an erotic desert
puberty erased by a flip of the wrist
of a simple mechanic.
Ah, but what a mechanic!
With few tools and less caution
he turns a glance into a paradise,
the promise of flesh.
I no longer see those glances
walk blind past their eyes.
There is now only a horizon
where a skeletal night waits.
So many, so pretty
my mantra for the female half of the planet
though lately it’s rarely muttered,
a prayer that’s lost its power.
It’s an odd perspective
this view of an erotic desert
puberty erased by a flip of the wrist
of a simple mechanic.
Ah, but what a mechanic!
With few tools and less caution
he turns a glance into a paradise,
the promise of flesh.
I no longer see those glances
walk blind past their eyes.
There is now only a horizon
where a skeletal night waits.