Turning The Channel…
/Turning The Channel From Your Lovely Pose To The Hate Picnic
A teaser from my forthcoming publication The Color of Dirt due to be released late August 2022.
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The fatigue of my body
Sighs through my eyes
I am the zealous recidivist
Guilty of every offense
Semi-lucid and bungling
Told that I am born to do this
I scrutinize the tenderness
Of your coconut hair
The grit on its shell
And slurp the sour unknown milk
Hidden inside
I am consigned to the
Shortened bus of masculinity
I ride in rainy muted silence
Drops on the window fall and roll
As wet curtains
Weaving through my vision
The riddle of your company
Pursues me
Through your public definitions
I am the sad parade
Forced to proceed before you
Trudging your penance
Not unlike the tedium of menstruation
You are hammered
To the cross of men
Through me
You are deluged with delight
In the sympathy and compassion
Of your sex
While you take the time
To pose for the birdie
And thank all the little people
Who have made our coupling
An audience for your chosen life choice
I scrutinize your performance
Through laugh tracks and screams
We have a winner!
We have a winner!
And you turn with benevolent sweetness
In your puppy voice
And preset smile
So coy and delightful
And proclaim that the husband character
Reminds you of me and you
Laugh and laugh and laugh
By Giulio Magrini
From: United States
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