EXOTIC DANCER AT THE OX, MISSOULA

EXOTIC DANCER AT THE OX, MISSOULA

Anyone can find you here. You like that. A replacement for the yearbook photo.
Tonight goes like tonight. All dollars cash in. The bartender has a car and couch
so leaving is no problem.

You’ve fixed your story and here’s how it sounds:
Emotion with depth is dangerous, so are skateboards, swimming pools,
valentines. Regrets few, possibilities many.

Railroad tracks sing similar songs: boxcar, boxcar, boxcar.
Burlington Northern across Big Sky. This could be your life,
swimming in a motel pool an hour past checkout.

You dance in sets of three. Life comes in sets of three.
You look in the mirror and see the girl with pale arms.
You promise her keep going.