The Featherless Singing Phoenix
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If he were tall and baritone, perhaps
Your heart would grow the ears to hear his soul,
But as things are he hears your interest lapse.
If he were muscled as the oversoul
Of sex in bass clef meaning, maybe you
Would listen to his serenade in dawns
Of Spain. Beneath your balcony his cue
Of melody would banish unwashed yawns.
His sonnets and his villanelles he sings
Would pierce your core the way a man desires.
Your inner parts would feel the flapping wings
Of desperation from his feebled fires.
But he is feeble, short. His biceps slim
To tubes in you so they turn dry and dim.
~ Phillip Whidden
by phillipw | Nov 5, 2024 | LO, UN |