–
For Kristy and Kate
who threw down the gauntlet
one Friday evening at the Piccolo Bar.
Effective
as phrases à moitié-comprises[1]
poetry to order pushes
nobody’s button.
Too beautiful for this
affected hauteur
provocative and facile
words are impelled by
the gravity between us:
high school French and
phrase-book Spanish
collide and ricochet
inadequate.
Thank God
there’s something to be
done with
a tongue we all understand
...
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