standalone poem

posing

The way to make it hot
is to think in squares.
And think in lines
but dynamic and curves.
To kiss without meaning
it. That’s the way
to make it cool
but not too cool that
it stops being hot.
We like to be pretend
it’s all natural but it’s a lot
of rehearsal. That’s what
makes it land. To efface
what you think
is yourself. And to hold
so tight
to what that yourself
wanted. You do want it
don’t you?
To the right, there’s
a camera. to the right
there’s the exit.