BRIAN BEATTY
quack / my janes / a veil, lifted
QUACK
The mystic said
my spirit
animal
was a duck
because—
I forgot to ask why
I was so distracted
by her
week-old loaf of bread.
MY JANES
If I were like Tarzan
& could tame
the jungle
in which I live
I wouldn't waste time
prowling
neighborhood
shrubbery & treetops
in a
loincloth
looking for squirrels
to hypnotize—
I've kept up with
my beastly
ex-wives
for a reason.
A VEIL, LIFTED
The honeymoon ended
that wedding night
in bed:
“I’d like you to take
your ho-hum out
of my hoo-ha,”
she said.
