BETWEEN BIRTH AND DEATH
i used to pose for you nude
then you'd draw me
we work all the time
at dim lit restaurants
i miss sitting frozen
feeling your eyes slide
over my skin
our money made more
i took viagra i didn't need
you really thought
i was naturally that hard
AFTER
in your sleep
you speak with a friend
who is dead
who says
you're a good person
as if maybe that matters
more elsewhere
then wake up
to this life
-- Cletus Crow is a poet. His full length collection, Phallic Symbols, is available from Pig Roast Publishing.