VINYL POETRY

Volume 8, August 2013

BIRDIE
Jericho BrownView Contributor’s Note

Host

We want pictures of everything
Below your waist, and we want
Pictures of your waist. We can’t
Talk right now, but we will text you
Into coitus. All thumbs. All bi-
Coastal and discreet and masculine
And muscular. No whites. Every
Body a top. We got a career
To think about. No face. We got
Kids to remember. No one over 29.
No one under 30. Our exes hurt us
Into hurting them. Disease free. No
Drugs. We like to get high
With the right person. You got a girl?
Bring your boy. We visiting. Room
At the W. Name’s D. Name’s J.
We DeeJay. We Trey. We Troy. We Q.
We not sending a face. Where should we
Go tonight? You coming through? Please
Know what a gym looks like. Not much
Time. No strings. No place, no
Face. Be clean. We haven’t met
Anyone here yet. Why is it so hard
To make friends? No games. You
Still coming through? Latinos only.
Blacks will do. We can take one right
Now. Text it to you. Be there next week.
Be there in June. We not a phone
Person. We can host, but we won’t meet
Without a recent pic and a real name
And the sound of your deepest voice.