lock-in
night time
i am alone
earphones
hang unused
stack of unread
century-old books
cover the table
&
the cigarettes
cut in two cast
on the surface
resemble the freckles
on a white-boy’s face
dick ricardo invites
me to saint george
big dance
&
the sound of a sax
duels with the notes
of a flute on the
gallery below
brothers voices fight
to harmonize a
du-wop
i hear
shuffling of cards
(no mail)
brothers playing
solitaire
in the stream of solitude
who’s
singing that blue
tune?
&
brother in the nest
coughing must be doing
what i just did
I still think of
you
&
the brothers
voices
fight a losing
battle
&
the sox won
&
(lights out)
I thought of you
&
i masturbated
should i
fix a cup of kool-aid
latin voice sings
to
PUERTO RICO
&
(count time)
&
the jingling of
a hack key are now
an odd sound
(Miguel Pinero)
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