A—Poem

A—Poem
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“It's a gay li – ife”
—Louis Zukofsky
“29 Songs,” Selected Poems

A-16

Valentine’s Day—
Another cruel lay
Breaking my heart

A-17

Boss Cupid—
Much too butchy but
Then, well, maybe…

A-18

Paul they say—
Barely twelve inches
Barely and thickly

A-19

Two men say—
“I’m the father”
Both want the boy

A-20

His buttocks—
On tour whenever
We dine out

A-21

Behind French doors—
A Windermere youth
Uncorks champagne

A-22

Arc de Triomphe—
Déjà vu naked boy
Madeleine memories

A-23

When he says no—
It means yes & when
He says stop, it’s go

A-24

No quiet in the world—
Just endless wedding bells
Cakes like Towers of Babel

A-25

Niagara honeymoon—
He strangles Marilyn to
Death in the Bell Tower

A-26

An arcade of poplars—
Leaning in the wind
Roman legions pass by

A-27

Bashō suddenly—
Awake hearing gardener’s
Young son go Ka-plunk!

A-28

Cherry tree blossoms—
Young Ryokan’s pubes
They don’t last so long

A-29

Foam claws Bayliner—
Slicing thru jagged white-caps
He pilots it nude

A-30

The cabana boy—
He’s so awfully lazy
Sleeps all day & then…

A-31

Azure bedroom eyes—
Lanky Billy Budd goodlooks
Stutters when he cums

A-32

Billy loses it—
His hammock down below deck
Claggart strangling it

A-33

Forecastle youth—
Struggling beneath the yardarm
Well hung going spaz

A-34

Bare arms stretching out—
His legs blue, tendons bleeding
Cute Sebastian

A-35

I too was born once—
In faraway Arcadia
A long time ago