I love your yin yang

I love your yin yang

in Chinese characters
tattoo at the top
of her butt crack

could mean
my other ass
is a Porsche

more likely some
spiritual message
she can't read

because it's backwards in the mirror
because it's written in Mandarin
because it's meant to be read by me –

not me knowing Mandarin
any better than the tattoo guy –
all the not mes admiring, ogling

swath of tender flesh
sure boat to manna
sly monument moment

pretty I say
if I was your age
I'd probably have one

which is nothing less than true
& a little sad – not too sad
when I really think about it

me – I'd go for the yin yang –
for a flower on a flexed bicep –
a butterfly lyricizing
stony ankle bone

this girl in pull-me-up pull-me-down clothes
flashes a pearly smile

it means strength she tells me
as if there was ever any doubt