My Mom Went For

My mother went for Japanese surgeons
Greek doctors
tall Jews
maitre d’s from Guadalajara
all - American beatniks

dances, food, music, jeweled sandals
laughter, sarcastic comments
always holding her own
a bit aloof and if that didn’t work
anger, cut to the quick, cut out
shunned.
in other words, the Silent Treatment
before rage, or,
sometimes after.

the freeze could last for an hour or years
but later, friends to the end, laughing again
in the jeweled sandals, red toenails glittering
as she danced.



regan lee
(12.2017)

A Cliche Moment While Fucking

Laughing, groping under my ass for the source of my irritation
a sliver-gold earring, held up in the blue light
the gaudy hoop dangling from your fingers, as you ask
"Is this yours?"



regan lee
long time ago

haiku

i wrote about figs

i wrote about
figs
dates
curry and pomegranate
plums
coconut
limes

heat through the glass

the remains of sweet rice in blue
glazed bowls.

now
a cold fog thumps
unceasingly
while we wait.


regan lee
feb. 2014

Sculpture

sculptured in flesh
she lay
her hair folded
among the stars
drying out the moist
of after love

~ james rich
hollywood, california 1960s