Today we have a poem by Jennifer Ethington. It's a very cool reversal of traditional gender roles. Speaking of which, if anyone is going to the bakery could they pick me up some real gender rolls? The ones with cinnamon sugar please.
Ode to a Young Man in a Button-down Shirt
You make me want to do things that are stupid
Irresponsible
Driven by primal things
Subconscious things
That dirty bastard thing called “urge.”
I want to grind on you in uncatholic ways
Make you realize just how expert you are not
I want to hurt you
And not care if you enjoy it
I want to hear a knock on my door
And know
Just know
It’s you on the other side.
But you’d be stupid
And naïve
To think you’d walk away easily
You are blissfully unaware of the knot
You are hurtling toward
Thinking you can save me
From what? Myself?
Other men?
You mistake love and lust
One for another.
You’ll get caught up, little boy
You think you can just amble in,
Amble out,
No problem.
But one foot at a time
You’ll get stuck
Until you’re ensnared and can’t move.
Or maybe you’re stupid enough to think
I am the one who couldn’t walk away.
Perish it.
You fail to notice that I’ve been in control
All along.
I’ve played in ball games bigger and harder than this one
And I’ve conquered the field, Babe Ruth-style.
See, I play to win,
But,
Unlike you,
I don’t need the game.
i really loved this. great job.
ReplyDeleteI loved it too! Jennifer Ethington thank you :).
ReplyDeleteshe's full of crap. says this to every man to keep them with her at arms length. she'll
ReplyDelete' keep you close but not to close. promise you heaven if you submit. then burn you if you get too close. she's good with words thats how she traps you in her web. then pisses all over you to her friends so you're her joke. laughing with her friends. she has 10 more like me.
i think the comments should be related to the poem, not to miss ethington as a person...clearly you are bitter. seek therapy.
ReplyDeleteget a life mate. i think your comment says more about you (and i know who you are) than it does about Ms E. Most people acquire self restraint as they grow up. this obviously didn't happen in your case. If the only way you can get at her is to publicly attack her i think you should do as the previous person said as seek help.
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