EARLY MORNING AT MT. BALDY

Alarm awakened me at 2:30 a.m.:

got into my robes

kimono and hakama

modelled after the 12th-century

archer's costume:

on top of this the koroma

a heavy outer garment

with impossibly large sleeves:

on top of this the ruksu

a kind of patchwork bib

which incorporates an ivory disc:

and finally the four-foot

serpentine belt

that twists into a huge handsome knot

resembling a braided challah

and covers the bottom of the ruksu:

all in all

about 20 pounds of clothing

which I put on quickly

at 2:30 a.m.

over my enormous hard-on