I take my poems like I take my men...

[sibyline]

erudite and dirty.
--
Self-Portrait, Masturbating
--after Egon Schiele
by Steve Gehrke

Here he is again, distracted, lonely,
pulling at the doll-strings of desire,

fingering his sheet music of moans,
whispers, his holy name, the whole choir

trying to sing the body from its cave,
to ignite the risen body into flames,
though the self, to flee its own

Comments

[toddius]

That's OK, I guess, but "cum rag" would be much better than "spill cloth."

[sibyline]

well, spill cloth does maintain the double-entendre after all, but i agree that cum rag has more punch. i love the english "cum towel," but that doesn't scan.

[printedaffects]

ES is my favorite artist of all time. So much in fact that I name one of my dogs after him...how art school clique.