Six Urban Love Songs IV. Safe-T-Man

"This unique security product looks incredibly
real, with moveable latex head and hands, and
air-brushed facial highlights."
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If safety can be had from hollow men
whom one can place to fill the empty chair,
let's leave them to their task of sitting, then;
while I'll these blow-up men to you compare:
    From far off you pose, endangered, rare—
    and, coated as you are with scent and skin,
    you are surely filled with hotter air;
    still, neither heart can quite admit me in.
    Though Safe-T-Man can dress for many roles—
    wearing hats for winter or for tropic breezes—
    in commuter lanes, the real men can count tolls;
    yet ... do not fold to fit precisely in valises.
To buy or not to buy the button-on legs—?
Can anyone be safe?  the question begs.


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Kate Light

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