There is lazy sex,
the I can’t be bothered
with anything more 
than necessary sex.
There is drunk sex,
botched sex, and sloppy sex.
There is gross sex.
The more fluids and smells
the better sex.

Some sex is funny,
sweat farts, furniture
that suddenly falls apart, 
and animals that strangely
want to involve themselves.

Perfunctory sex,
dutiful sex, memetic sex,
There is archival sex:
we were young 
and beautiful once sex.

Strangely, 
you sometimes get laid 
for another person.
Let’s call this referral sex.
Your partner’s coworker,  
a movie star, 
you’ll never know sex.

There is also spite sex
where you get laid
as a middle finger
to an ex-boyfriend 
or a parent.
There isn’t much cuddling after.
It’s probably 
the loneliest sex.

There is sad sex, slow sex
break up and make up sex
angry sex–
a bitten lip and bruise 

And finally what can one say
of literary sex
except that you’re lucky 
if it lasts a page and a half

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