TV Clothes and Make Up

you take off your pants

and jacket

them barriers to the natural

world

but not the kitty animal

in his perma-fur jacket

sometimes,

he licks his balls

in front of my mother

in the living room

with the television on

and no pretentions

no barriers to the natural

still point them out

with vigor

it's good for a cheap laugh

you put on your dress

and make up

i'll do push ups

and hunt something

helpless

afterward we'll sleep

deeply

with the tv on naked

and sweaty