I walked in the door, took off my coat, took off my sunglasses, set them down with my keys, took off my shoes and socks, my jeans, my shirt, my bra and underwear, set them all on the chair by the door

The Ponte Vecchio was built
For butcher shops.
The river stitched with bridges

George W made a painting & painted his toes pink
Like the meat I eat
& the color of my baby’s penis.

The windows around Gramercy have eyes.
We look, they look back.
A brook cut through the swamp.

My mother confuses Topeka with Toledo.
My father confuses me with my mother.
Spain didn’t conquer Kansas,

We began to meet there
On the mops.

She goes off to look at birds.
I go for a shot in the dark
With room for cream.

Lying awake in the middle of the night.
What was and wasn’t done.
Things I don’t like about people I love.