Roberto Montes

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You have WON                        anything you can hold

by definition        We are alone        in our bodies

 

expanding at a discounted rate               and

slow to reform  Like an underwear model

 

when I was a boy     how he could save all of us   by letting

me run my cheek across his abs Or the anatomical

 

symbol of his stomach    on the black market    Where we all end up

is somewhat together     Our face unwrinkled and stem cell soft

 

which is to say  paralyzed by choice       This explains

why     Building a better  bod            is easy    but impossible

 

just think          of infidelity       yours to acquire      or give up

Honestly    it will kill you          for thinking anything at all

 

But a large cock or chest couldn’t hurt   Only your image

in the rising waters      we watch     our shins become accustom to

Roberto Montes is the author of I DON'T KNOW DO YOU (Ampersand Books, 14) and 'HOW TO BE SINCERE IN YOUR POETRY' WORKSHOP now available in full at napuniversityonline.com. His work has appeared in or is forthcoming from Coconut Magazine, Deluge, Apogee Journal, Nepantla, and elsewhere.