Directions to the Brothel

DIRECTIONS TO THE BROTHEL
by Michael Dumanis

You have sex then you are sweaty
You have grief you use it wisely
You have eyes each eye has cruelties
Guinea pigs they up and leave you
CAT scans cats which phone is ringing
You have stuff it gives you duties

(You have many duties some may involve torture or parties)

You have words then also lonely
You have dark you have always
You have death so they tell you
You have breath and the faces of babies
You were once inside you along with whatever
The names are of cavities organs

(You have tacks and staples you have dreams about them)

You have many digits you spend hours counting
You have two arms they are the last longings
You have words some are in Sanskrit
You have words what are their colors
You have words how are they meaning
You have world you have lovely

(You have many quarrels with nudes world and lovely)

You have nudes have you unholy
You have a nude whose body has you
You have what a body how you try to hide in it
You have obscene you have your parents
Your parents have nothing your parents who had you
Except for the day you were born on the day

(You have not and for which you refuse to forgive them)

You have horns you have a word-hole
You have a mouthwash you never use it
You have leprosy have lockjaw
Have black lung disease or will soon
You have mining but no pickaxe
But no deposits no lantern

(Although you have many coupons including a heap of expired ones)

Have location is this Pitt Street
You have east of Westside Highway
Have a surface surface has you
Have a compass does it function
Have a sphere and on occasion hiccups
You have water and it sometimes masks them

(Although a prayer lumps of bread and a yawn have once or twice proven useful)

Have reconcile have God Almighty
Have enough it will not please you
You have nothing others wish for
You have wishing for what have they
You have writhing have also misleading directions
To the brothel where you have decided

There might be bounty, further possessions