MILF IN THE SHOWER

by John Rocco

I’m at the doctor’s on the 4th of July

with a bad case of strep throat

I think I got from making out

with two strippers in a bathroom.

It’s not a long wait but later

the nurse at the clinic tells me

they’ll come

pouring in like war

causalities: blown up

hands, faces, feet.

“It’s the 4th. You’re

lucky you’re early.”

When she takes my

blood pressure

she is surprised it is so high.

She gets another machine

and does it again.

“What kind of morning

did you have?” she asks.

“Hectic?”

I did nothing before

except

I remembered

I watched

MILF IN THE SHOWER

online while paying bills.

“I had a crazy morning.”

She looks at me.

“That must be it.”