Thee View

What to make

of that new sign
outside the

adult arcade

flashing its
hot neon—MALE

BODY BOOTHS

BELOW—“body”
indistinguishable

from “buddy”

where immigrant
lexicons are

used by grim-faced

men sporting
surgical masks

as they stand

at the ready
with their mops while

we unload

bulging wads of
green,