she twists her spine around and
sways her hips
all in rhythm with your
man-made thumping bassline.
exquisite, eye-catching,
word-defeaning, breath-silencing,
mind-wandering movements.
and i think:
even if my hips
could move like that,
i wouldn't want to be
what they're looking at.

11/26/2003

Posted on 11/27/2003
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