TAKING YOUR TEMPERATURE

"ABOVE ALL, AVOID FALSEHOOD, EVERY KIND OF FALSEHOOD, ESPECIALLY FALSEHOOD TO YOURSELF, WATCH OVER YOUR OWN DECEITFULNESS AND LOOK INTO IT EVERY HOUR, EVERY MINUTE."
--Dostoyevsky

Fyodor!
What a pain in the ass you are!
Walking around with a rectal thermometer
between the cheeks
and sniffing it
every few seconds! Christ!
Ain't there any other way???

Sorry, nyet.

Shit, you're sorry. I'm sorry and
I gotta find a drugstore that's open.

Take your time. Take your time.
Not too many have ever been sold.
Not very many want to smell their smell
or
are even able to. (And don't forget
the Vaseline--treat yourself
kindly).

Norman Savage
Greenwich Village, 2016