By J.J. Tindall
Smilin’ Dave Eigenberg
Even Sex
in the City men
have to be
high-school
freshman
at some point.
My senior year
at Naperville Central,
I finally bagged –
wait –
OK, nearly
bagged
my
dream
sophomore
chick.
I was ruthlessly exercising
Senior
Protocol, every
damn
one of
them.
My dream
was about to be
mine
when Smilin’
Dave Eigenberg,
FRESHMAN, came gayfully
strolling up
the sidewalk . . .
and my dream
ended. Good one, Dave.
Some years
later, pre-Sex
but post-Dennis
Rodman ensemble war movie,
I run into
a
chick at
a
party who still
knew this
woman.
“Wish I’da married
a man like
David! Wish I’da
married a man
like
DAVID . . . ” Yeah,
me, too.
–
Reader’s Guide
1. David Eigenberg.
–
J. J. Tindall is the Beachwood’s poet-in-residence. He can reached at jjtindall@yahoo.com. Chicagoetry is an exclusive Beachwood collection-in-progress.
Posted on October 18, 2007