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Poetry of Issue #7        Page 37

RELEASE & REPAIR

“Keep your underwear on
I don’t want these girls to see
How lucky I am,” she says
As we squeeze into adjacent
Cubicles of the Freedom Massage
Parlor, an establishment of renown
(338 Yelp reviews, 80% 5-stars),
A bolt of silk hung between us,
Making our cramped “rooms” “private.”
Every time I groan with delight
Muse asks “What’s Going on
Over There?”
Several times I hear her
Instruct her girl
“Harder, deeper, I need
To loosen up really bad.”
That’s true, I think to myself.
After we leave she says
“I Think Your Masseuse
Was Better.” We get into
Her battered compact car
Which she refuse to repair.
“Beginner’s luck,” I shrug,
Thinking you get what you pay for.

  Angelo Verga