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A Sausage Cock

 ( after the poet Sharon Olds )  
 
 
As a man who should be self aware  
like others of his gender,  
I watch him on his own,  
pushing an empty shopping cart  
past the processed meat—  
unconscious that here I am  
just down the aisle by the spice rack,  
where the garlic with parsley, and  
hot Hungarian paprika, stand erect.  
 
The way I imagine his member does,  
encased in denim’s crush of crotch;  
a sausage cock. It’s as if I’m standing  
amid his blond acreage, hardly seeing him  
but for the stalk of corn in a field of wheat.

Written by Jade-Pandora (jade tiger)
Published | Edited 5th Jul 2019
Author's Note
Inspired by “The Pope’s Penis” - Sharon Olds (1987)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/genius.com/amp/Sharon-olds-the-popes-penis-annotated

For The Classic Corner: Sharon Olds' Tribute “Fear of Oneself”, cohosts Ahavati & JohnnyBlaze.
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