(Bill Olson 1982)
Poet's amusement
Park, roller coaster
Rides exhault
The physics,
-Coming attractions!
-Bagged nuts, hot dogs, buns,
-Of epic
-Proportions;
Bedsheet togas strung
As sails launch the bed
Aiming for
Amore,
-Where swells lapped gently
-By men who feasted
-On manna
-Ferried in;
Mapplethorpe altered
Succulent ribs eyed,
And slender
Youths' nipples,
-Harpooned at Mineshaft,
-Dug up, reburied
-On Meatrack
-Cul-de-sacs;
Pistil nectar leaks
Lavished sunlit glints
On suitors
In hindsight,
-Glute orbs streak across
-Waves which licked groyne in
-Littoral
-Transgression;
Promontory climbed,
Clefts rappelled, inner
Sanctum found
Tightly sealed,
-Peep show cred, shutter
-Operated by
-Poker faced
-Diplomat;
Bread route conditioned
Drill, pull expired,
Load in fresh,
Hit the next,
-Laid out as ballpoint
-Penned on toilet stalls,
-Two downturned
-Bowls, drain, pipe;
Promiscuously
Poised to unburden
Lust, not list
Tacking port,
-Of call, the head, hot
-Circulating porn
-Thumbed atop
-Porcelain,
Meissen collective
Thrall objectifies
The vessels
Surrendered,
-Stir solidified
-Member's engagement,
-Upshot, no
-Unwinding;
Spreadsheet flipped, hard news
For back page features,
Those remarks
Recanted,
-Base notes decanted
-Narcotic tunnel
-Swum blind to
-Penetrate;
Calibrate the growls
To pain, to pleasure,
Covet wolf's,
Sheep's clothing,
-Guttural fleshed out
-Dramatic function,
-Bones thrown what
-Motivates;
Legs lofted, eyes trained,
Vestige ignited
Scalds even
Intrepid,
-Holds receptive to
-An incipient,
-If swaddled,
-Violence;
Quicker, compliant
Dabblers dipped their toes,
Only to
Be aroused,
-Faster, lines-in-sand
-Defenses grabbed hold,
-Clothes exchanged
-Descending;
Rearrangement's block
Type ironed labels
Chafed against
Exposed skin,
-Secondhand frocks tripped
-Keel uneven, soon
-Aground, cox
-Importuned;
Flipped, foundered, towed to
Lighthouse beacon, its
Keeper in
Oilskin bib,
-3 ct circumf'renced
-Propeller sped through
-Hollows, now
-Live socket;
This outlet followed
Toward conflicted end,
Pleasure, pain,
Commingled,
-Double-dipper drenched
-In cross-train sweat, benched,
-Should I have
-My pants cuffed?
4 June 2018
Poet's amusement
Park, roller coaster
Rides exhault
The physics,
-Coming attractions!
-Bagged nuts, hot dogs, buns,
-Of epic
-Proportions;
Bedsheet togas strung
As sails launch the bed
Aiming for
Amore,
-Where swells lapped gently
-By men who feasted
-On manna
-Ferried in;
Mapplethorpe altered
Succulent ribs eyed,
And slender
Youths' nipples,
-Harpooned at Mineshaft,
-Dug up, reburied
-On Meatrack
-Cul-de-sacs;
Pistil nectar leaks
Lavished sunlit glints
On suitors
In hindsight,
-Glute orbs streak across
-Waves which licked groyne in
-Littoral
-Transgression;
Promontory climbed,
Clefts rappelled, inner
Sanctum found
Tightly sealed,
-Peep show cred, shutter
-Operated by
-Poker faced
-Diplomat;
Bread route conditioned
Drill, pull expired,
Load in fresh,
Hit the next,
-Laid out as ballpoint
-Penned on toilet stalls,
-Two downturned
-Bowls, drain, pipe;
Promiscuously
Poised to unburden
Lust, not list
Tacking port,
-Of call, the head, hot
-Circulating porn
-Thumbed atop
-Porcelain,
Meissen collective
Thrall objectifies
The vessels
Surrendered,
-Stir solidified
-Member's engagement,
-Upshot, no
-Unwinding;
Spreadsheet flipped, hard news
For back page features,
Those remarks
Recanted,
-Base notes decanted
-Narcotic tunnel
-Swum blind to
-Penetrate;
Calibrate the growls
To pain, to pleasure,
Covet wolf's,
Sheep's clothing,
-Guttural fleshed out
-Dramatic function,
-Bones thrown what
-Motivates;
Legs lofted, eyes trained,
Vestige ignited
Scalds even
Intrepid,
-Holds receptive to
-An incipient,
-If swaddled,
-Violence;
Quicker, compliant
Dabblers dipped their toes,
Only to
Be aroused,
-Faster, lines-in-sand
-Defenses grabbed hold,
-Clothes exchanged
-Descending;
Rearrangement's block
Type ironed labels
Chafed against
Exposed skin,
-Secondhand frocks tripped
-Keel uneven, soon
-Aground, cox
-Importuned;
Flipped, foundered, towed to
Lighthouse beacon, its
Keeper in
Oilskin bib,
-3 ct circumf'renced
-Propeller sped through
-Hollows, now
-Live socket;
This outlet followed
Toward conflicted end,
Pleasure, pain,
Commingled,
-Double-dipper drenched
-In cross-train sweat, benched,
-Should I have
-My pants cuffed?
4 June 2018
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