paycheck green

among the plants, two sexy naked
young men talk to each other.
**
soft-leafed ferns and big-leaved
banana trees, orchids, bougainvillea,
philodendrons, cattails, lotus with
roots deep in gentle brown mud of nearby pond,
prickly pear cacti, century plants, striped agave,
all are watching
**
there are advantages to being
gardeners in a big enclosed greenhouse,
the guests have left, the building is
closed for the day. it is nice and
warm. two sexy
naked young men who are in love
with each other get to make
out amongst the foliage.
**
the pay is crummy, though.
hey, heck with it, more
to life than money, as
two naked sexy young men twine and
wrap and
jack-n-the-pulpit themselves
into new heights of
peristaltic ecstasy.
**
when the heaters come on,
all the leaves vibrate.

--Carl Miller Daniels (January 31, 2006)