forever tender

my friend really likes to say
boom shakalaka
she’s french
or maybe spanish
i like it when
she gets excited
because
she wraps her
whole lean
powerful body
around boom shakalaka
it spills out all over everyone
the thing about virgos
who are making art
is that they can make the world
sit inside
boom shakalaka
like an earthquake
rumbling
music quaking
lyrics aching
bones dancing inside
hot summer flesh
boom shakalaka
sometimes when i need it
in an elevator
after stepping in human piss
or kicking a rock
down the street that leads to work
or writing an essay
i don’t really care about
i’ll whisper
boom shakalaka
boom shakalaka
boom shakalaka
like it’s the secret
to a revolution