4.

the naked woman in my head
the naked woman with erect nipples
the naked woman posturing

on the street corner next to the man with a placard
          "the end is near the end is near the end"
                     "repent and sin no more!"

the naked woman with glistening thighs
the naked woman on the wall in the Louvre
the naked woman in my bed

my brain swims in an aquarium
next to a fish named libido
his brother franklin (is not so conspicuous)

my brain leaps out from my head
and rolls (inconspicuous) across the subway floor
tussles briefly with a skittering newspaper (the end
                                                                 is near!)
splats through the door of the metro

a red-coated man reads hemingway on the seat next
a boy wears sneakers
a woman is fully clothed

my brain my brain my brain my brain
lost in a tunnel on a train full of bodies

a water main bursts
(those damn pipes!)
franklin swims past

libido swims past
and everyone wishes they hadn't
worn clothes at all