12gauge.com 2002

New Bracelet

It's a cuff
Sterling Silver
according to inside rim
crafted in Indonesia
where the Rotinese speak
in pairs
proverbs
I explain over
thick slabbed Pastrami
where the Khalulis talk to the birds
How do you know that
asked
Dad
a giver of the gift

Where
do you think
your tuition went?

Later
at night
parading naked
except for the bracelet.
Look, I can wear it
I proclaim
thrusting arm
from doorway
waving it
back and forth
thumping
boyfriend's head

Yes, you can wear it -- now put it away
Yes, you can wear it -- now put it away
Yes, you can wear it -- now go on to bed.

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