Cruising South Beach

by Vernon Frazer

the bikini-slinging blondes
swinging feet, swinging legs, swinging hips
across the afternoon sand
 
stir  
my old man's reveries:
 
         Join the Army
         See the World
 
of sun-beige beauties,
spend swinging nights slinging trunks 
& bikinis & bodies & sand 
 
on beaches
too distant to reach
or never there;
 

stir
my randy hand & memories
 
to musing in 
my involuntary monastery 
of lost delights:  
 
         Join the priesthood
         Let God jerk you off

 

 

Vernon Frazer’s latest poetry collection is Memo from Alamut. He recommends the Poetry Project at St. Mark's.

 

Edited for Unlikely by Jonathan Penton, Editor-in-Chief
Last revised on Monday, August 21, 2023 - 11:27