William:
capitalist
fraud
like your
sister—all
love and light
broadcast podcast
of pillaged
Eastern
wisdom
pawned on
women in
two hundred dollar
yoga pants
with extra
ass padding
and a scent guard
crotch

acrobatic fuck
he is spent
but my energy is still
buzzing

I never learned the names
of pressure points
I just know
I just feel
I press blind
on his
palm and wrist
release
then
pull
each
finger
slowly
he moans
“oh my god Jennifer
it is like you are pulling out
all of the unnecessary verses
from the bible”

I am not sure
which symbols
went missing
from my script
that night—
so many have
run through
my village
since
maybe
the closing
line

Image Credit:Paweł Czerwiński

Jennifer Wilder was born a poet and later became a teacher of science, mother of boys, creator of artsy stuff and is currently training to become the craziest of cat ladies in central Texas.