Caution is the left hand of darkness, flashing, muted movie-house black where he slid naked fingers across vibrating leg hairs to touch the hot flesh inside my shorts. He who could not, would not, ride on my back at theRead more…
Enough dreadful nostalgia
Will the secrets of the body, the pleasure, the pain, move on like night ferries abandoned by modernity, like ghosts indistinguishable from the sea mist so that you can look back fondly and miss them? Isn’t there enough dreadful nostalgiaRead more…
In an effort to be political
I want to support the public discourse about Santorum. Taking care with anal sex is important. For us all. The politican… I can’t imagine him being important to a wider discourse except as a note on hate speech.
If not in front of Buddha…
I found a Thai guide. Male, of course, and sexy, obviously, and volunteer. And an artist and speaks 3 languages and has a degree and an international portfolio, but is he really hot enough? Injuries are honesty avoided, but foundRead more…
I want you want
We are in York – old and newcity wall a thousand years older than my countryI want maps and phone-ahead bedsand Zagat ratings that say nothing condescendingly“American” You want ghost tours led byfake-accent Dickens castoffsand Yorkshire pudding with“Real American Chili”.YouRead more…
Intellectual
I finally figured it out. I have an intellectual penis – hell, maybe we all do! If my brain is my biggest sexual organ It’s only fair that my cock joins in on calculus. I’m serious. As I think aboutRead more…
All Business
Pit fire and the smell of wine business was on the table, violet myrtle climbed the wall behind you with tiny fingers, as the corners of your mouth lost themselves into hope-stained curves. Our shoes, black and brown, tapped redRead more…
Rest Stop Bathroom
He sat in the stall, Pants up, trying to hide What he was doing as though it Were dirtier, somehow, than the Business this stinking place was built for. When I pushed the door Open and he looked up atRead more…
Intellectual
This one caused some interesting stir at Kim Rosen’s poetry retreat in Hawaii. As well it should! I finally figured it out. I have an intellectual penis – hell, maybe we all do! If my brain is my biggest sexualRead more…
4×4
I’m wanting to do something with the poetry I’ve written about struggles with sexuality and being a gay man in the world. This is the first. This poem is emblematic for me of the difficulty meeting with men who don’tRead more…