NaPoWriMo 2010

Interview # 1:  Apprehensions

—Did you ever recover

that stuffed replica

of your male body?

 A band of roaming gamines

brought it back after a heated

cha-cha-cha session with the police.

(Through the scrims corps de ballet

cheer up every Parisian cliché.)

—When did mannequins

lose their minds?

When they discovered

time was their tailor.

—What would you do

with a broken female femur

in a safe deposit?

I’d take it out for walks,

pet it, make sure this abeyance

doesn’t cause it inflammation.

—Cook the sole of its black boot

until it’s tender?

©  Sergio A. Ortiz, May 9, 2010