kind of / sexy, all muscle & moves & luminous glow
‘Night Garbage’, Amy Shearn

Lilies are too morbid, apples too biblical—
am I drowning in literary obsession?

When I look out the window at orange vests
painting a disabled parking bay on the street,
I have to admit they might seem sexy,

but to be sure, I’d have to see
the garbagemen in Brooklyn first.