Sex Acts
The fiddler crab
hoists his one
outsized yellow claw
and waves it
steadily.
The grouse cock
repeatedly inflates
chest air sacs
while stamping his feet.
Like a windup toy?
Does repetition
make things funny?
Do you laugh all day?
You must be
embarrassed.
Shame is a highly evolved
sexual display
sometimes called modesty
(archaic).
We blush to think
we stood together
pointing index fingers
at ceilings
to a beat.
We regret it
and, in our defense,
we were half-hearted
always.
