fact #25

for some,

it takes longer 

to learn to speak

fact #24

in the alternate universe, the two lovers are dancing

fact #23

how nice it must be

to be a beautiful girl

aloof and crying for understanding

before a ready audience

of eager erections

insolence

somehow suddenly

a need for silence. i close

my mouth against my previous

song and refuse

even to hum. my tongue,

an anchor rather than wing. i hold

my self still beneath

my deep white

blanket of insolence.

i have nothing to say

to people who've already been told

everything already

yet say they've not heard a thing.