My Boy in Chicago – one of the best writers I know loves this poet and this poem reminds me of his writing:<\/p>\n
Courtship<\/p>\n
There is a girl you like so you tell her
\nyour penis is big, but that you cannot get yourself
\nto use it. Its demands are ridiculous, you say,
\neven self-defeating, but to be honored, somehow,
\nbriefly, inconspicuously in the dark.<\/p>\n
When she closes her eyes in horror,
\nyou take it all back. You tell her you’re almost
\na girl yourself and can understand why she is shocked.
\nWhen she is about to walk away, you tell her
\nyou have no penis, that you don’t<\/p>\n
know what got into you. You get on your knees.
\nShe suddenly bends down to kiss your shoulder and you know
\nyou’re on the right track. You tell her you want
\nto bear children and that is why you seem confused.
\nYou wrinkle your brow and curse the day you were born.<\/p>\n
She tries to calm you, but you lose control.
\nYou reach for her panties and beg forgiveness as you do.
\nShe squirms and you howl like a wolf. Your craving
\nseems monumental. You know you will have her.
\nTaken by storm, she is the girl you will marry. <\/p>\n
Mark Strand <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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