first line : last line #003‏


11 p.m. news show voices static from inside wall
or is it from inside my head. can't know

she sleeps on a futon behind the horror of it all
w/ a sheer slip of coverlet shielding her thighs.

hanging in / vicious city / hanging out
hair matted, clothes awry, replacing the 'h' w/ an 'n' in hope

penultimate line up her nose bumping down to her toes
shifts in sleep w/ a shake and wrinkle dreaming of her groove thing


jonathan hayes & richard lopez