Throw caution to the wind in the house of blue lights
The minstrel show of the mind
Cut loose the white body of the Jew
Loose as a goose and all that jazz
No burlesque dancer strips
Sharpening focus
Look at her tits!
When I take off my glasses to see
Kaleidoscopically me
Teasing tea trees
To don their leaves
Brew and mellow without ceremony
Or cacophony of emotions in angst
Stepping out of line along the river banks
Rafting the Han’s jagged waters
Over dams and falls needing portage
To reach the strait in one piece
When there are so many parts of me
That can float independently
Where I am the audience, not the performer
Not the audience either
As we meld into one
Unwritten massage in cityscape noir
Body and soul
August 28, 2020
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