CAREFULLY CRAFTED DISGUISES

My sex keeps me awake at night

waiting for the mail to arrive

latent images from across the border

wearing carefully crafted disguises

I gave up questioning the how and why

a long long time ago

it was there when I checked out of the womb

wearing a carefully crafted disguise

By the age of five I’d unwrapped myself

but no one with it to share 

until years later

upon answering an ad

the mail started arriving

Now others come to call

I’ve never met before

we compare one another’s discoveries

with the camera that never stops rolling

For friends I’ll never meet face to face

their sex keeping them awake at night

waiting for the mail to arrive

latent images from across the border

wearing carefully crafted disguises

© 1997 Chris Sorrenti

With special thanks to Microsoft

for providing the ‘latent’ images