Catcalling

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Catcalling
Hey, sir?
Yes, you.
The one with the
baseball cap
the ass-hugging Carhartts
the light blue shirt
You remind me
of the high desert in Oregon
The ocean in North Carolina
The dunes on Lake Michigan
The Badlands
I saw you bend over to
tie your boot and
your cap fell off
You picked it up
Put it on backwards
Someone said
something
about it
You laughed, and
straightened it
Wouldn’t want someone to think
you were some kind of
bad boy
Your smile though
So radiant
So warm
(I can feel it from here)
You are probably
a very
good
boy
I’d like to
bask in that warmth
where the shirt
meets the Carhartts
where the top
meets the bottom
where the sky
meets the earth
The line of demarcation
is wherever you
let it lie
Wherever you
tuck it
From here
you are a landscape
I long to explore
I wish I could climb it
swim in it
get lost in
those badlands
Alas
I can only paint it