Zoo Walkman

listen to dire
straits
and the heat and
moisture fogs up
your sunglasses
and you take them
off for the first time.
I see your eyes finally
and they are dark and
cold and beady and
calculating.
we listen to
dire straits while riding
on the bus that
runs every 15 minutes
through the zoo.
We got here early
and got a good seat.
We can even see
the camels from here
and the camels make you hungry.
I don't know how to take that.
I am sitting on your
tail. Sorry.