When I was eighteen
I had one girlfriend
who wouldn’t put out
and another one
no one knew about
whose nickname was
“Jailbait.”
I was in a good college,
I drove an old Saab,
I tripped on weekends and holidays
and never did anything
obtrusive.
That’s how
I got by:
by practicing
two ways of seeing
need
and gaining
satisfaction;
and that’s how
the books got
cooked.
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Dark Matter 