If I Were Burt Reynolds

I’d never be afraid.
One smirk at the lens leaves
Smokey eating my dust.
Shoot the rapids with ease—
ace the Cannonball Run.

Tight shirts—tight slacks—tight smile
perfect blonds every night.
Never afraid to look you
in the eye and say: Hi,
my name is Burt Reynolds.

—KARYN BONHAM

(Originally published Christmas, 2003.)