Thieving Blog Poem 4

What do I have against the darling Charles Jensen? He didn't post once to his blog the whole time he was in Vancouver. He was probably having a great time. God damn him.

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Charles Inside

O how he positions his desire
contrasts the erotic against historical
glimpses the stranger
haunting the tavern
grizzling my crossword puzzles, my scribbled nostril

He asks about quality, it’s fuzzy identity
a hidden, hungry thing

He says, “Something queer is going on”

I nearly faint