JOHNMICHAEL SIMON POETRY

on my body

after midnight

your signatures

barely above the hairline

 

decorate my secret

places

armpits

behind my ears

under my sheets

paint canvases

from Modigliani

 

what I appreciate

about you most

is the way your eyelashes

turn down

demurely

as if to say

these small indiscretions

are not for public view

 

a private showing

tasting of citrus peel

and Campari