Here are some recentish poems.
The title of the first is a reference to the title of a bob Dylan song, but also to a line from deuce Bigalow: male gigolo.
"ballad of a thin penis"
if i were a cake
i would be burnt
if i were god
i would apologize
if i were the sun
i would blow this whole damn thing
but i'm jeffrey
so i just make terrible jokes
two about my ex wife
one about your mom
i brag about my penis
and how very thin it is
i can cover up
with ill humour
and other such bullshit
but that wont heal me
when i am hurting
i can flood my blood
with hazardous chemicals anytime
but the drugs become a chore
when i don't go in happy
once more, my penis
is incredibly short and thin
if i were better equipped
do i think i could please a woman?
of course not, don't be silly
but it's nice to think
that sometime i could
"dicks out (for harambe)"
you know, if someones says:
"be a man!"
you can tell them to fuck off
and be a woman instead
a soul has no gender
why should a body?
dude, if you just want to see my junk
dick's out, anytime, anywhere
just as long as i won't be arrested
a person is wearing a cock ring
under a thong, nothing else to it
& people stop to sing:
"how incredibly, incredibly heroic!"
but suddenly, I'm weird
when i put on a dress and
i refuse to shave and
i yell "smash the fucking patriarchy?!'
i don't care how you feel about rejection
when all of it
is ours to reject
your labels, your roles, all of us
locked in your cages
but oh!
it's just fear and shame
keeping us in
did you know?
you can just walk out
****
one more. yes, this one has dicks in it, too.
i, american #6
(1)
& bang
(a bomb? just a gun?)
& bang
(no sound, no cheer)
& bang
(just the collective fear)
someone trying not to choke
tried to make a joke:
"war tamarraw? that'll starve ya
war today? all'll be paid
(2)
no one talked
when i was a kid
not about god
or politics
there were newspapers
and television news
which is how i learned
everyone cared more abou the president's penisthan they did the president himself
maybe we're looking at this wrong
maybe it was her idea
what if instead of a favor or a job
she just wanted a powerful man's cock in her mouth?
can we stop slut shaming sluts?
if a woman likes dick, let her suck dick
we should thank and salute them
for all they do
for this country's mental health
(3)
let it be known
i will carry america
as i experienced her
into the next life
be that punishment
or reward
along
with all the others, and
forever
along with all
& everything else
all of us
we
are
forever
(4)
i can look at something ill
and offer up comfort
but i can't make anything better
i can't undo mistakes
be they god or man's
so i send up a prayer
and try to smile
god, however
is tired of our shit
and a smile is threatening
when your belly is empty
and your bed is dirt
look at us, america
we're no fucking better
than slovenly cave folk
i've watched you, i've seen
you take the kind
and the gentle
and the good
and whittle them down to spit
rebuilding them into sickness
with old fashioned fevers
(5)
i will not stand
I will not stand for this land
no one is equal
until all are equal
nothing will be good
until people learn how to be kind
