ACROBATEASE

by Guy Biederman

     “Wasn’t that amazing?”
    “My back hurt just watching her.”
    “I’ve never seen a stripper before.”
    “She wasn’t a stripper, she was a topless acrobat.”
    “What’s the difference?”
    “Stripper’s are more sexy.”
    “You didn’t find her sexy?”
    “Well, yeah, but . . . more elegant than lusty — a graceful contortionist.”
    “She was amazing.”
    “I did feel a little weird standing around with 55 people in a Bernal Heights flat watching her contort without her shirt on.”
    “I thought it was artful.”
    “Yeah, but you were watching her poses.”
    “What were you watching?”
    “What most of the other guys were watching.”
    “Her breasts?”
    “No, you.”