In Reverse

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Your crack was, “You’re an a--hole.”
(Thinking the serpent on her side,
naive holy naked Eve left
holy Adam’s rear behind.)
You deposited your whole Ford Phallus
in one and one-fifth parking places.
So there were no leftover spaces
for my humble Coupe de Ballast,
But I packed the sole stretch I could find:
the four-fifths cleft you left on the left.
You had to pass through your passenger side.
.elohssa na em dellac uoy dnA

Self-images all wiped with glory,
Everyone who hears the story
Are assured they are the humble Coupe,
Never Driver Nincompoop.
If I am other than the victim
of the serpent, obiter dictum.
Never grunts a “Beg your pardon”
from Eve or Adam in the Garden.


-2003
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