Frank Van Zant
The Paradox: On Embracing
A Victim Of Rape


I am a gargoyle,
a glandular monkey
who straddles her shoulders, demands
that she carry me, feed me, turn
my organ handle around and around
to nourish the music in my rabid sexual soul.

My balls
are like pawn shop markers
blinking with the bright noise of need

and because we have been married every day
for a long time, she asks for my monkey
paws to shield her eyes.  
    But when will I learn?
For if I cover the light, she cannot see,
and if I remove my hands,
her sodom eyes will melt,
leaving two sexless holes,
and two sexless hands
from which I choose.
 
Copyright © 1999 Frank Van Zant All Rights Reserved 

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