By Misti Velvet Rainwater
Date: 21 April 1998

Bar None

   blue smoke rises
    and the irises
      of his eyes
    beseech me
    in a deep blue tone
   for a touch
  a glance
   that could lead us
 to the dull red neon
   exit sign
 the door that opens
  onto the parking lot
 is his idea
  of the gateway to paradise
    I spread my thighs
 and take a drink