Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Penises on the Sides of Buildings

I've been AWOL lately, and this one isn't really finished, but here it is...



What purpose have graffiti penises?
When the bra-snapping boys get big enough to scale walls,
is this how they mark their territory? Are they raping the building?
Are they pointing themselves to the wide, open skies and saying
fuck you, dark sky this night, blue sky of the day, fluffy girly clouds,
big hot sun, Thor and Zeus and God-god rumbling up there,
look at me!

I have a big marker, or can spray a black foul smell with great force all over
this wall of your devising. It might be the Public Safety Building, or, better yet,
some town’s City Hall, with its quaint Edwardian clock-tower pointing up,
but differently. Edwardian penises are so hard,
brittle in fact, you must be gingerly about it, or
snap—

1 comment:

Rebecca Widdicombe said...

wow - i really dig those last three lines...oh Edwardian penises...i think that's a great way to end it - "snap" !!