Issue #20 (2011) PDF - myweb - Long Island University

NOW I’M REALLY BLUSHING & WITH GOOD REASON
how was your trip to the ancient barber shop you ask / I did not get to ride in the little car I
confess / much to my disappointment I add / but there was excitement enough when the shaky
old man withdrew his straight razor from a drawer / I invite you to accompany me to the new
supermarket in Red Hook / will it be an eye opening excursion you ask / I predict as follows /
not only will your eyes be opened but no matter how widely you open them you will still not believe
them / I‘ll wear a sassy little tank top you say / did I mention that the supermarket has no air
conditioning I ask / when I promise to punish myself for being so forward I say that I will hit
myself with a brick / my brick collection testifies to my enthusiastic appetite for pain I say / In
the car (safe & secure from all alarms) I quip as follows / the good thing about the gnashing of
academic teeth is that once they have worn their teeth down all the way then they are defenseless &
I can move in for the kill / upon arrival at the supermarket I am nervous / too scared to take you
in my arms among the vegetables / or the canned goods / or the fantastic array of dairy products
/ or the bread
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