Elementary

Mustard stains on stubby fingers

In a brocade drawing room - Persian

Carpeted dog prints

Cocaine in the pink bathroom with

Matching towels

The light in there doesn’t work

 

Hitchhiker wears a walkman -

It’s hard to catch, but isn’t that

Handel he’s listening to?

Hard thighs encased in silk

A woman with a moustache on the 105 bus

Bus driver discussing Chagall with an impeccable

Parisien accent

 

Talking about integrity in a filthy bathroom with a blocked sink

Talking about boobs and ass in an empty classroom

With very small desks

 

Imagining his hands on me while

Keying in the dewey decimal number on a grade six math book:

372.7

Elementary