Young Jimmy Spatula
flushes again
flushes again
as a courtesy
to himself.
Beast reverb in
this blessed restroom
to himself.
Beast reverb in
this blessed restroom
let us turn now to
page 22-eeee-leven,
for it is well with my soul
dampened by the wall
lingering in his stall
he hums along.
a charity to hum,
who never yet kneaded strange flesh.
paying himself a confidence
for,
never,
even thru bad skin,
even thru bad skin,
had he groped for bones to clamp his hands
hips and
never, like rinse water,
did he cup the skull of another
as a confidence
let him
touch her lip
stick to hymnal
pages. let him draw the message
to all the girls he's yet to kiss
Are you enjoyiung your comments from your Arabic speaking fans? I liked this. It's a young guy who has stepped out of a church service to spend some time in the bathroom. He's thinking about girls, and maybe writing on the wall? Thinking about sin, while he is supposed to be praying? The bone and skull imagery mixes up love, sex and death in a nice combo. I also like the echo quality of the restroom. Is never kneaded (needed) a pun?
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