GO GO BOY

So ordinary
perhaps a grungy street kid from the mall
The boy puts his tape in the deck
hops up on the mini stage and dances
relating through the music
his movements soon becoming indulgent
and pleasure floods his farm boy face
as he pets himself
Such an ordinary looking boy
and sexier for that
His thin worn winter jacket is discarded
his wrinkled shirt is stained
his eyes flash to those of watching men
He interrupts his sensuous dance of power
to remove his shirt and drink his beer
and let his eyes play around the room
The baggy corduroys come down
soiled underwear fails to conceal his dangling balls
Hopping down and making rounds
his waistband gathers tips
One song later it’s peeled down
as he writhes in mock ecstasy
that seems to possess
his very ordinary and beautiful body
He pours beer over his chest
it flows down to his ordinary endowment
which he sensuously caresses
slowly collapsing to the stage
rhythmically rocking and ogling his environs
Up again he dances
vigour in his limbs
raw energy to his finale
The music ends and he puts his gaunch back on
I meet him after and learn his name
he loves to dance and I can’t complain

RECENT ACCUMULATIONS AND APPROPRIATED VOICES, Kalayaan Publications, 1997