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wax candle

pink nose

candy cane

candy paint

—

hallucinating in

concrete apartments

but the single bed

and its black mouth

only know black chords

–

Jesus in his Corolla

down the boulevard

cigarette teeth

jeans shoved aside

down to the knees

–

your lord speaking

–

through the speaker:

now that’s enough

can’t you get in the mood

can’t I get you off

–

thanks for the bender

it meant a lot

sorry for the

ambiguity

at the ambassador’s

next to that hotel and casino

–

Samson in his corolla

asking if I’ll kiss

to get in the mood

and I pull fistfuls of hair

and pretend

he didn’t just his hair done

what a bender

what a night

under that blue moon

–

I’m pondering nothing

but salvation

at the airport shoeshine

home base

little finger

you can come over if you want

I forget the terminal

but all these TVs

get me in the mood

–

rattle me off

while I rattle off