between dancing and sex
—Carla Harryman
“Good boy,” he says.
The mirror says nothing,
wasn’t meant as funny,
and cannot be seen.
Being able to live again,
be reborn, saved. Cert
ainly a pleasure. But
why unwanted? I.
Value reinvention, new
ly elided plotlines (
not omitted but slurred
over). Surely that’s
NOT the word. Mix
it up make it new. I
wanna be loved by
you by you. And
maybe others. For
peanut reasons.
It wasn’t too hot
on the dance
floor. I like it
wet. Send me a
check next week.
