Oldtimers' Night At the Carnal Strip


by Philip Hughes

Just any random worn ecdysiast
for the superannuated waxwork crowd
will do, and does brave pantomimic ruts
preposterous, no less redemptive of
sclerotic lust through carnal shifts well met
by reverential gapes, myopic leers,
both strutting queen emerita
and truants lately cautioned from
cardiovascular exigence,
beguiled by old, bold, honored moves,
inflammatory once, yet never more
acclaimed by ceremonied sentiment,
applause, and waitabit, encore!





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