by Elaine Equi
A truck goes by.
It sounds like a truck
full of boxes.
Heavy things
getting jostled,
sliding around
on top of each other.
Sex between boxes.
With boxes
one doesn't know
what one is getting into.
A thud. A thump.
A loud horn
signals the climax,
satisfying for all.
From:
Sentences and Rain
Copyright ©:
2015, Coffee House Press
Last updated February 23, 2023