Ekphrastic Study of Calendar Girls on Vulcanizing Shop Walls
Goddess of grime
All-year lubed & wet
With sunscreen & brine
Sands of a faraway sea
Cling to her skin
Like road dirt
To a Goodyear tire
Sands of a faraway sea
Scattered on her soaked bikini
Smeared over her breasts
Her year-round inflated breasts
Mingled with the dust
Of roadside shanties
& black fingerprints
Of sandpaper hands
ILLUSTRATION: from an original photo, At the Carwash, by Kristian Dalao
