1065

on the evening news
deconstruction of a playground
my you’ve gotten old
and now
disco at eleven
down the street -

don’t suppose this is any
any better than any better

taste like hunger
got fifteen dollars
can it last until the tenth

and this is how
the slide detaches like an
old socket or
if you like
an old jaw

up close on you
skirt says past life
lipstick says now
or in fifteen by the bar

but
you taste like hunger
and your friends say
that’s being eccentric

and here’s how
one detaches the monkey bars
grab and twist
watch out for the rust

you say
the less I know the better
and the dj says you
don’t know the half
watch out

your hair in a knot
can you make it another day
without
someone can spot you a twenty
they say

then a closeup on the
weatherman
here’s a selling plan
a handful of straw

gone so soft