A Little Longer

Please--
let me linger a little longer
in the garlic-scented sweat
of my youth,
when fistfuls
of pesticide
were entertainment
for an evening.

Please--
let me linger a little longer
in our bed with Bisquick
and Three Ninjas

driving home drunk
on the ivory asphalt,
laughing into a pile
at the Natural History Museum.

Please--
let me linger a little longer
on a trashcan at the union,
discussing which obscure
American Presidents
Bush should associate with.

Let me linger a little longer--
please.