Kisses

He said--


"Elvis kissed me once," she swears,
sitting in a neon dive
ordering her drinks in pairs.

Two stools down you nurse a beer,
sensing easy pickings here.

"Back in sixty-eight," she sighs,
smoothing back her yellow hair.
Teared mascara smears her eyes.

Drawing near, you claim you've met,
offer her a cigarette.

"Call me cheap," she sobs, "or bad.
say that decent men dismissed me,
say I've lost my looks, but add,
Elvis kissed me."

--T.S. Kerrigan




She said--



Hazel Tells LaVerne


last night
im cleanin out my
howard johsons ladies room
when all of a sudden
up pops this frog
musta come from the sewer
swimmin aroun an tryin ta
climb up the sida that bowl
so i goes ta flushm down
but sohelpmegod he starts talkin
bout a golden ball
an how i can be a princess

me a princess

well my mouth drops
all the way to the floor
an he says
kiss me just kiss me
once on the nose

well i screams
ya little green pervert
an i hitsm with my mop
an has ta flush
the toilet down three times

me

a princess



--Katharyn Howd Machan