Bakersfield

July 30 Bakersfield, California.

Bakersfield,

and it is so hot

I cannot breathe.
Panic flirts and dances,

tries to seduce me
with her

(his?

It doesn’t matter, no such boundaries

for a desire so fierce)

sweet talk

Ducking down, I hide in the desert.
Refuse to be found,
a lover who will not play.