The honey, the humming of a million bees,
In the middle of Florence pining for Paris;
The whining trembling the cars and trucks hum

The crocodile is eating the new barman! 
There’s a leg sticking out of its mouth.
Waiter, I’d like another one while I take in this gorgeous sunset.

My God, what a beautiful New York day!
If only getting old would go away!
Wings that used to lift me like a hawk

I’m a stallion standing in my stable stall asleep.  
Horses do that and their standing sleep is deep.
A woman with a whip waits for me to wake

I gather you were in the lobby 
Minutes before. 
Terrifying to almost see you again.   

The leopard attacks the trainer it
Loves, over and over, on every
Page, loves and devours the only one it allows to feed

On the other side of the street, the buildings sit on smoke,
About to lift off—it’s spring!
Cosmonauts and astronauts comfortably in their apartments in armchairs

Bring back the all-girls boarding schools for pedigreed girls
Where, morning and night, girls dressed and undressed.
Luxurious lawns and trees rode to hounds.

The man ejaculates a blood-red rose.
The woman looks on in astonishment.
The sun pours in

The technician squeezes the bulb to tighten the cuff
To take my blood pressure for a second time today
Next to the professional scales I stood on that showed I weighed enough