Old Spice

by Michael Dylan Welch and Hank Dunlap

First published in Raw Nervz 2:1, Spring 1995, page 19. Written 9, 10 September 1994 at Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California.

carrying groceries

the vet’s mother tattoo

bulging Michael

teenage girls swagger

glint of their lip rings Hank

passing at the salon door

granny and a punker

purple-haired Michael

sweat-caked bandana

the biker’s old lady

daubing on rouge Hank

red light district—

she curses her implants Michael

in his coffin

wearing black leather pants

reeking of Old Spice Hank