Richard Cecil

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— found in the mail

When I turned sixty, Richard, my sex life
ground to a halt like a race car with flat tires.
My sex drive was in neutral, and my wife
said I was out of gas. My ignition wires
must either have got crossed or else pulled loose.
Then something strange and wonderful occurred—
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in just two weeks! My revved up engine purred,
and then I shifted back into high gear
and once again took long rides with my wife.
So don't let turning sixty strip your gears,
Richard. Renew the license on your sex life.
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when you test drive our pill—just like I did!

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Richard Cecil's fourth collection of poems, Twenty First Century Blues, was published by Southern Illinois University Press in 2004. He teaches at Indiana University, Bloomington, and at the Spalding University brief residency MFA program.