Shopping

She lookin' for a dress that doesn't fit

so she can bring it back.

She lookin' for a moment by herself

many years ago

when something she happened to.

She lookin' for a talk show host

she'll never see again

so her three pounds of current grief

will fall on her counter- disappear

She lookin' for Body parts she wants to buy

so she can bring them back,

exchange them for parts untouched by any releatives or friends or significant others-untouched by flesh or vegetables.

She lookin' for underwear clean,

without sperm or blood, or male pubic hairs or someone elses oppression, or stains or thoughts or books or novels or old cartoons.

She lookin' for a ring

that fits on the vacuum cleaner,

to request her hand in marriage.

She lookin' for steirofoam

clean as the clouds in Mary Had a Little Lamb

soft as the toughness of cotton.

She lookin' for a soul

clean as a shiny mall.