2 March 2004 | Vol. 4, No. 1
My Sex Life
I resist you and take a walk on
a long pier on a shrinking lake.
Women in rowboats whistle down
currents. Men build a lighthouse
for UFOs. I spend the currency of
my eyebrows and leather coat in
shuttered bars on eerie Erie Street.
Men in raincoats ply me with shots
and chagrin. Dawn offers immunity.
You resist me when I visit with poems.
Walking home, I see tide marks on
skyscrapers. It's a dangerous day.
About the author:
Rane Arroyo's fourth book of poems is Home Movies of Narcissus (University of Arizona Press). He is more and more often publishing his poems on the Internet, including Poetry Magazine, Queer Poetry, and The Pedestal Magazine. He lives in Toledo, Ohio where he teaches creative writing. Each year he takes a writing vacation alone: last year was Vancouver and this year's location is still a question. The most fun he has had lately was being the guest poetry editor for the magazine Heliotrope. He can be contacted at . To read excerpts from Home Movies of Narcissus, please visit the University of Arizona Press.
For further reading:
Browse the contents of 42opus Vol. 4, No. 1, where "My Sex Life" ran on March 2, 2004. List other work with these same labels: poetry.
