Dix parity
—John Wieners
Me and my first guy,
my first guy and I,
people would think
out loud all the time
that we were brothers.
Nope. We didn’t meet
until I was 19. “Don’t
smirk,” I say with my
best Boston accent.
Maybe I was 20. On
this, I’ll get back to you.
Thing is, that’s how I
know I’ve evolved. I’m
an evolved kinda guy.
You see these lookalike
twinks holding hands
down the sidewalk and
what’s your first thought?
Narcissist, right? (“Nahhhcis…”)
And my mind’s moved on
to Pollock. And with such fore
boding. Something blood-
splattering was surely about
to happen. But nope. In the
end it was another boring
night at the beginning of
another boring month.
We had several years of
these. Clement Greenburg
came up with the name.
“Where did you get that,
what’s it called, your—
cologne?” I sputtered
an exhalation so quickly
that I nearly choked.
“Lavender Mist.” It
has a delicate, sweet
smell that is floral, herbal
and evergreen woodsy at
the same time. It has
soft, powdery, or
smokey notes as well.
