i believe in gallons of powerful coffee
laced with quarts of cream
pyramids of raspberry danishes
high-stacked beds of juicy steaks
cigarettes of marijuana and tobacco
fine dry wine
martinis with olives
the curve inward of a woman’s waist
(nature’s most perfect line)
the wet spot
the way she comes under my touch
her smile and the light in her eyes
and the light
my god, the light!
(Published in nibble eleven, 2009; copyright 2009, 2023, by Tetman Callis.)
i dreamed i was having
an affair with monica lewinsky.
she and i spent the night
at her house (in my dream).
it was a nice house (in my dream).
monica’s mom was concerned
but we told her, it’s okay, monica’s
mom, we didn’t have sex.
it rained that night. monica
snuck outside and covered my
car with a tarp while i slept.
that’s how nice she is.
i awoke (out of my dream),
ate nuts for breakfast, showered
and found i was down to my
last pair of clean briefs.
(Copyright 2023 by Tetman Callis.)
“The wise say that for men there are seven gates through which admission may be gained into Heaven. There are asceticism, benevolence, tranquillity of mind, self-command, modesty, simplicity, and kindness to all creatures. The wise also say that a person loseth all these in consequence of vanity. That man who having acquired knowledge regardeth himself as learned, and with his learning destroyeth the reputation of other, never attaineth to regions of indestructible felicity.” – The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Vol. I, Sambhava Parva of the Adi Parva, trans. Pratap Chandra Roy