‘Round Midnight

Valentine’s night
a lusty growl
from her CPAP

with Certainty not tonight . . .
almost Always it Depends

pampered
a fresh roll
in the spare room loo

from under the bed
in the old box of Playboys
dust bunnies

ebony netsuke
rubbing myself to sleep

rubberized mattress —
remembering a dream
about rowing

Lew Watts, Chicago, IL
Charles Trumbull, Santa Fe, NM

Near Miss

college reunion:
the loon pants & butt crack
I almost married

her new trophy husband
belly bigger than mine*

next urinal
the guy who got the girls
hands free

25 years later . . .
her daughter now the woman
I took to the prom

sure, have the last dance —
open carry

see the girl
her dress all red:
Carrie

Lew Watts, Chicago, IL
Charles Trumbull, Santa Fe, NM

*gassho to Roberta Beary