Sex Acts

The fiddler crab

hoists his one

outsized yellow claw

and waves it

steadily.

The grouse cock

repeatedly inflates

chest air sacs

while stamping his feet.

Like a windup toy?

Does repetition

make things funny?

Do you laugh all day?

You must be

embarrassed.

Shame is a highly evolved

sexual display

sometimes called modesty

(archaic).

We blush to think

we stood together

pointing index fingers

at ceilings

to a beat.

We regret it

and, in our defense,

we were half-hearted

always.