the entertainer

most brilliant trick of classic joke shop
moustached spectacles slide down
come to rest on my chin
"either way you look the fool" he says she says
"oh but you do amuse me" says the mouth behind the flicking fan
"oh but you do amuse me" says the mouth begind the bedsheet
smoke curls from noses and genitals
under and around lazy limbs
music box dancer
like old piano lessons
taps my temples
that dusty metronome
used to keep tempo for me