My sex keeps me awake at night
waiting for the mail to arrive
with latent images
from across the border
wearing carefully crafted disguises

I gave up questioning the how and why
a long long time ago
it was there when I checked out of the womb
wearing a carefully crafted disguise

By the age of five I’d unwrapped myself
but no one with it to share
until years later
upon answering an ad
the mail started arriving

Now others come to call
I’ve never met before
we compare one another’s discoveries
with the camera that never stops rolling

For friends I’ll never meet face to face
their sex keeping them awake at night
waiting for the mail to arrive
with latent images
from across the border
wearing carefully crafted disguises


© 1997

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06/14/2006

Author's Note: Based on the pre-Internet phenomenon of people buying camcorders and making homemade pornography, then trading/selling it with/to others. Written in the first person to add impact.

Posted on 06/15/2006
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