Skinny Dippers
after John Giorno
Listen Listen to what you hear
to what you hear yourself telling yourself
listen to what you hear yourself telling yourself
while you are brushing brushing while you are
brushing your teeth
while you are brushing
your teeth: the water
the water was the water was
always the right temperature
temperature the water was always
the right temperature
in the middle
in the middle of the night
in the middle of the night in the
middle of that lake
that lake
in the middle of that lake
in Bloomington in Bloomington, and the moon
in Bloomington, and the moon
and the moon looked
looked totally out of this world
out of this world the moon looked totally
out of this world last Thursday
Thursday. world last Thursday. Moon,
look look that way
Moon, look that way
way again. Moon, look that way
again
again.
Lauren Raheja is a poet and urban farmer living in Minnesota. Her work has been published in City Limits, Brooklyn the Borough, Whistling Shade, Atrocity Exhibition, Cultured Vultures.
