| Late Night Ladies- Published in Aquilae Stilus 1999 Sad-haired women Smaller hopes, bigger wrinkles Heavy jewelry, extra hips Their vinyl claws Tracing a tumbler rim Over-painted eyes and lips Laughinglongingwatchingwaiting The twenty-two year old boy Sidles closer Her wink and words and pinch Send him scurrying. Her frozen smile whispers, "Five dollars if I can keep you." |