Sleeping with 7th Grade English Teachers...

Sleeping with 7th Grade English Teachers
                                 .or.
      Do I get the credit (or does Six-Out)?





She laid a stack of quarters on the
Far left bumper and declared
           .That she had winner.
And I obliged her (because I've never
                                          won anything)
.And we drank to the empty bar.
         and another to playing alone

She was a 7th grade english teacher
Mid-twenties, auburn hair  .and wild eyes.
she was a talker [And a crappy pool player]
And I shuddered in the silence
when she asked me
       Who my favorite modern poet was.
                            "I really like Six-Out"

She paused a moment and placed the rack
   Back on the table, half laughing
(in a good way)
          .if there's a good way.
because she knew exactly who I .was.
 talking about, and his archive [inside-out]
         .And we drank to the empty bar.
                 and another to playing alone

                             .True story.