Bill Olson 4 June 2018

                        

                        (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