Sterling Warner
Neon Window Frame

Blue
lights
beckoned
me inside
where compact bodies
intertwined, smelled of Sulfuric
perfumes, and naked arms revealed perspiration
layers of moisture dripping from
uncensored dancers
who wildly
glided
'cross
floors,
bumped
their
partners
breast to breast,
chest to chest, hailing
days with longer light, endless nights
of renewed purpose: unrestrained animal passion
following cautionary lives
confined by dictates
distancing
guarding
good
health.