MARVELLOUS
IT’S A MARVELLOUS NIGHT FOR A MOONBATH
A FANTABULOUS NIGHT TO MAKE ROMANCE
She sits on the pavement W. Queen W. half naked
vacant smile Spitting image of an aunt She is about
68 My father’s age when he died Young? Depends
which side of the great divide you inhabit Today I read
that ageism is the new bigotry
And mandatory sensitivity classes have been ordered for
anyone under 30 Do not trust this demographic especially
if they have called you cute or said: Good for you! It’s okay
to rebuke them even a swift kick will do Go ahead and try it
They expect you to be docile creaky-arthritic +immune to
vigorous use of your limbs as in: dancing taking slap-shots
sexual acrobatics +flying too close to the sun which used to be
a young man’s game But now a mottled Icarus with 1/4 left the
sun is not so fearsome
It is the moon +the 7 sisters It is darkness that beckons The
pineal gland (except in hagfish who don’t have them) is stimulated
by a moonbath It is the gland regulating happiness pleasure mystical
ejaculations of the soul (google this) So lay nightly with satyrs+nymphs
And take pleasure in your acquired wisdom to know the difference between
your ass and a hole in the ground which a lot of 30 somethings do not
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*one of the by-products of ageism is acute bitterness + hoarding euphoria
Next time someone says: Good for you! vomit at their feet and plead for sex
+candy
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Spring 2016
songanddancegirl 