Licking Time

There’s a fortune to be made
thinking about licking the bare upper thigh
of historical figures.
The way the first person gave up all hope
echoes in everyone everywhere forever.
Wearing animal print, and writing poems
one can get close to the world
licking itself.

—Hans Wagner

A Lesser Work

I have finally come to the decision:
not to come to a decision, to simply wait
for the opportunity to pass, and then
bitterly regret not having come
to a different decision earlier.
I have done everything wrong.
That was the plan all along,
to watch other people move on.
At which I have failed admirably.

—John Tottenham