Boring Afternoon 3/29/00

The magazine cover
glossy smile
girl with generous
cleavage
powdered and exposed.

The clock above
ticks
counting moments before they burst
confetti
like snowflakes
drifting
settles on my mind.

Intensified
horsefly circles low
on a kamikaze mission
into the wall.
Insect stomach now drips
down the clock
face
the second moment
opens like an oyster
presenting pearls.