Panama
the day I arrived in Panama
I was pumped-up and primed for action
a virgin with a pussy finger for all those
painful high school years
they say you never forget your first
piece of ass
I know I never will
my white face standing out
like a tennis ball among a sea
of brown faces
dumb enough to think it was going to be
a slam dunk
as I staggered stone drunk into the alley
forking over two dollars to the prostitute
who was old enough to be my mother
pushed up against the wall like a prisoner
I watched her lift her skirt and slide it inside her
so quick and easy like that I exploded in seconds
but what I remember the most is afterwards
her squatting over a pan of water
as I watched my cum spill down between her legs
as I vomited against the side of the alley wall
feeling like the butt end of a bad joke
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