That Certain Something

Bogart had it in “Casablanca.”

Monroe had it in “The Seven Year Itch.”

That tilt of the head.

That look, that spark.

that turn of the lip.

Films almost catch it.

Magazines want it.

The French call it va-va-voom.

My va-va-voom took a wrong turn

and ended up in the Cleveland sewer.

published in Medusa's Kitchen