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| ***BIO*** Kenneth P. Gurney lives in Albuquerque, NM. He produces Origami Condom poetry website at origamicondom.org. |
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| Bus Stop Girl Gaggle |
| by Kenneth P. Gurney |
| I was struck second
by their nail polish, its neon glow in the dusk, how it drew my eyes away from the nipples protruding through their flimsy, cotton tank-tops. Some of them asked for bars to hide behind, but two pressed their faces into the wind to feel their hair flutter, not caring if it was perfect. One seemed to hang limp, limbs over the bench, deathlike— makeup clotted on her face, the blues of her exaggerated eyeshadow clashed with the closing sky. One, mostly ignored by the others, had the look of a dog happy to be taken along for the ride, always moving her head to get a better view, nose to the wind. She watched me watch them for a moment, waved, shrugged her shoulders, then focused on the long street for the bus and the progress of adventure it promised. |
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| Feb. 2008 |
| 102 |