The Poetry of Alex Gildzen

Watching Sean Patrick Sleep

every 30 seconds he flashes on my monitor
like a Muybridge series
or a Warhol film stuck in the projector
guilty as Jimmy Stewart in "Rear Window"
I observe a liftd leg
a hand jerk to cover crotch
I examine folds in the blue sheet
that covers him
like an art historian studying Zurbaran
this is hypnotism by design
as I loose sleep
watching a stranger sleep

aug 98

Watching Rex Watch Sean Patrick

Melina's in the livingroom
so she doesn't see me
looking at another cat
who walks into the oblong
where a new blond boy
chats with the one
who startd me on
this vision quest
I flip back & forth
between sites
till my fingers tire
then go to another room
to see a moving picture
in which William McNamara
watches Bill Campbell shower

sept 98

Cam Boys

Sean Patrick by candlelite
is nearly black & white
a George Hurrell classic
while Rex is blue
& much more Herb Ritts
as he touches a piercd tit
I wonder if they're still
watching each other
as I race between sites
it's saturday nite
& I'm too old for bars
but not too old to look
if Walt Whitman still
breathd in Camden
he'd be looking too

sept 98

untitled

Rex sits naked
before his computer
on a sunday morning
I can only imagine
what he's writing
as I write this
but for a single
moment
our worlds are linkd

nov 98

Saturday Morning

in a remote window
Rex at 8:12 pacific time
yawns & stretches
while
Puppy at 11:12 eastern time
sleeps in his Rex t-shirt
& in between
I drink a third cup of joe
& remember once
waking up
in the middle
still stiff & grinning

jan 99

Soren Smiles

Rick in Toronto takes a bath
Rex in San Francisco a shower
while in Kansas City
Soren smiles
& this old owl
winks back

mar 99

Caught in a Net

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