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my first beard
by David E. Oprava
New year’s in a buddy’s basement
with a family friend
come to visit
all the way from Texas.

Never had Cuervo before,
don’t swallow the worm,
he said.

Spat worm on his grandmother’s sofa,

he took a bite, I the other,
she blond-giggled and grinned.

He shot fireworks at the backyard blizzard
as she frenched me, Dick Clark got off.

It got hot in the basement.

Not in her mouth

he said.

I couldn’t, too much worm,
then I went to sloppy work,
more nose than tongue.

Fifteen, drunk in a bathroom mirror,
a hair plastered to my face
on the dawn of 1989.
Dec. 2009
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