14-hour drive

as i recall, "mouth breeders" refers
to a group of fish that carry their
eggs, and babies, in their mouths to protect
them.  but if you think i'm going
to "look it up" now, all these
years later, when i don't have
to take another goddamn biology course
ever ever again, ya got another
thought comin'.
**
yep, i took a lot of biology
courses. that's what i majored in.
i knew a lot of facts about
biology. still do, actually.
even though i'm 55 years old,
and all those biology courses
were a lonnnnng time ago.
**
once, in a genetics class, i
spotted the handsomest guy
in the world -- blond, tanned,
stunning blue eyes -- and
ended up figuring how to
talk with him, and we became
friends. he even took me
to meet his parents in
their house in Pensacola, Florida.
**
i always refer to him as
"Pensacola Steve" now -- he
got married years ago -- haven't seen
him in forever.
**
when i took a shower with
him in the dorm, his body
was astounding; just wonderful;
compact, but not too compact,
with lots of muscles. nice
dick, too--adequate, but
nothing too flashy. jeez,
he was a nice guy.
**
met him in a genetics class.
just one of all those biology   
courses i took.
the genetics professor was
6' 10" tall. certain things
one remembers; a mouth breeder,
carrying all those babies
in his mouth--it was always
the males that did that part
of the job; some things one
remembers; some things one forgets.
**
white Pensacola beach sand clinging
to Steve's nipples; the sand so
white and the glare so strong,
i couldn't focus on anything but the
nipples.

--Carl Miller Daniels (This poem also appears in my book Gorilla Architecture, published by Interior Noise Press in 2011.)