March 5, 2012

Saddled.

On page 18 you'll find
the answer:

love in a velvet dusk
damp with sweat like the length
of a horse, underneath leather and strap.

In the third paragraph, page 102:

roll each cigarette in leaves of tobacco
for a flat-backed buzz.

On State Street and later,
between West 83rd and 79th

on Pierrepoint and the Promenade.

Underwater bicycles and English garden swings;
begging for an explanation, not an apology.