in downtown Baghdad

next to the

camel taxi stand

beside the casbah

at the fork

in the freeway

across the bridge

over the Euphrates

and thru the

open air market

next door to

the bus station

where he met

Katherine Zeta Jones

who laughed at

my thong underwear

on his head

covered in stains

from playing with

the family dog

infected with suppurative

and evacuating bowels

he was loved

until that cat

took his toy