dancing in our underpants
dancing in our underpants
i answered the downstairs buzz
in my underpants
delivery
would i sign
i would do
more than
sign///
pornographic
sign the obscene
stories among
themselves
in porn, the word
themselves is code
for wanking
off he was doing
it for a fee/
and making actual
deliveries
helped
do you always dance
in your underpants
yes, yes, i do, yes
do you walk around
naked i wondered
briefly if he was
a virgin
and erect he said/
i’m erect now/ he
shrugged
he had the weed these
boys are never without
their drugs
all of them illegal
a walking cvs it
all depended on
on which way
you wanted to go
dark i go dark a lot
dark as the aegean
on a clear cold night
set against the temple’s
ruins and lions
and time and when
this is over and done
with, we are just
another species
and species had
all had all but
disappeared///
you never know when
you might need them
drugs///
species
i pulled him/
pulling his
toxic gravity
pulling it up the stairs
he was stupid
but not that
stupid/