My gay friend told me
he masturbates
three times a day.
Ewww, I couldn’t help
thinking. One of my
bad habits, judging others.
But three times a day?
I thought, bro, way
too much information.
And don’t you think
once a week’s enough?
Published in Open Arts Forum on .
I've lived in Tucson since 1953 and retired in 2008 from teaching writing at Pima Community College.
My poems have appeared in journals like [iCarolina Quarterly, Barrow Street, RATTLE, and [iNew Poets of the American West. Free Hugs, my 13th poetry collection, was just published by Coyote Arts (Albuquerque). To order or for more information about my poetry, visit
jeffersoncarterverse.com
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