unnecessary pain (a poem)

i watched her with four eyes 
pull it from her purse: 
roma tomato red.

she unsheathed the weapon like a crusading templar.

with a twist, 
it rose up through the gap, 
an icbm with its coordinates set. 

the cold war was a distant memory. 
no one came out the victor, 
not even her.

she gave her lips a cherubic coat; 
i felt like a wolf with a crooked tail.

it was obvious she gained weight. 
(that’s something a man never says aloud 
unless he really means it. 
99 times out of 100 
i mean it)

not tonight; 
she told me i lost some. 

babe, i’ve lost more than weight. 

she bent at the waist to grab her bags. 
improper form leads to unnecessary pain. 
she turned at the hips to walk away. 

i kept quiet. 

outside my window, 
squelches from public service vehicles 
get coyotes in the reservoir 
howling in solidarity.

rally the troops; it’s trash day.

the dank night air is 
a palpable, influenza-stricken bog, 
and i forgot to get vaccinated. 

- suburbanmike (via lookedlikelaughing)

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