Wednesday, February 21, 2007

I Knew That

I Knew That Too

Bronxville, NY, February 21, 2007:


I Knew That



I made love with a 16-year old

contortionist last night.

We met in aisle 6 of A&P—
oils, sugar, cake mix.


I read the ingredients off the red
Devils food cake box:
cocoa, flour…artificial color,
artificial flavoring.


“Sounds like poetry to me,” she teased.
“It is,” I said,
slowly, turning to her,
slowly.


“You don’t look like
you eat much cake,”
she continued.


“I don’t,” I concurred,
explaining,
“I was looking for salt.”


“Hmmm,” she hummed,
“I make a mean scrambled eggs
and tomatoes,” she
smiled, “…with no salt.”


“Hmmmm,” I hummed back,
smiling.


“I happen to have a some eggs
and a couple of tomatoes
here in my basket.”


In fact, that was all that
I had in my basket.


I knew that,” she said
as she looked up from my basket,
batting her eyes, adding,
“I do like OJ with my eggs,” and asking,
“Do you have coffee?”


“Yes,” I smiled,
again.


At the cashier she told me,
“I ran away from the circus
last night.”


“Oh?,” I uttered, adding
I knew that,”
batting my eyes.


I made love with a 16-yer old
contortionist last night.



*fictional poetry based on a real conversation

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