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Anne Stewart

Perception as a Furry Thing


Why must men sit so suggestively on trains?
This one is big and heavy. Aging new man,
a campaign of clean, oozing the cleverness of gym.
Legs wide apart and buttocks hunkered in,
of course, where else to slant his bottle down
but bang-slap-centre close up in between?
I toss about the he-does-he-doesn't-know of it;
appreciate the chunky awkwardness proclaiming,
in ebullient tone, that "It's a comfort thing".

But, then, that’s men. "Men come pre-validated"
according to the Stewart Theory of Easy Successful Men
(i.e. the ones who don't spend much time wondering what,
of anything they’ve ever done, they could do better than).
He stretches toes at me, looks me in the eye and grins,
fingers tightening on the bottle in his lap. I’m thinking
Cheek of him and Well, no mistake there then
when I spot the hat. Bang-slap-centre, the black
and softly furry hat I'm always cradling in mine.

by:

+  Alina Blanaru

+  Eveline Braniste

+  Silvia Bratu

+  Elena Cigareanu

+  Carmen Loredana Fantana

+  Ruxandra Georgescu

+  Elena Gheorghe

+  Mihaela Ghita

+  Raluca Gorun

+  Alina Iagaru

+  Ioana Ionita

+  Svetlana Iuschevici

+  Laura Litescu

+  Nicoleta Mitrofan

+  Elena Raluca Nebunoiu

+  Ioana Amalia Nita

+  Gabriela Maria Onutu

+  Lavinia Palita

+  Corina Pascale