Selling Techniques

He loves to watch himself

standing naked before the mirror

doing business on the telephone.

Each action is deliberate:

he bows and smiles while speaking

to his customers as if he's dealing

with himself. His minor flaws

don't bother him, the pot belly,

the baggy chin, he looks right over them

to the powerful swagger he's developed,

the commanding sweep of his arm.

She loves to watch him.

She lies there on the bed,

her hands folded on the pillow

behind her head, and she smiles

at his act; and then she joins him,

her long skinny body next to his fat one,

the telephone between them. He continues

talking, selling someone something,

while she imitates every bow in the mirror,

every sweeping motion.