--AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, HERE IS SOMETHING REAL

Sign Language

She hangs a sign on her wall wearing just

her panties
which are swamp water warm
and wet,
fielding offers from his eyes.

She moves the sign between her breasts

and fingers the nubs on either side
which are already risen like
buttes, tender stem stumps waiting to be suckled.

She moves the sign again,

just once more
and he swallows,
says, “Perfect.”