Where Have All The Boys Gone?
@aladreth 2013
"I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone,
Arizona. It says: 'Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damnedest.' I
think that is the greatest epitaph a man can have." - Harry S. Truman
"Whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is
unfolding as it should..." - Max Ehrmann
Where have all the boys gone?
Now you see them.
Now you don't.
Those lovely men, who know
when a Damsel has been alone
for five months, chaste belt easily unlocked
boys, who will bring their tiny quills
and Cathedral prayer books
so Princess Peach may pretend to be
a Giant in Sunday School?
Who will wallow and slip
within sickest inner struggle,
dancing around manipulated
fantasies and dreams,
pretend to close their foolish eyes
to bloody knees?
Where have all the boys gone?
Have they went off to study
Ontology in a shadow marsh
under Sorcerer's Moon
where they hunt for bones
and name the dead
in La La Lore Land?
Have they gone where
all the skies are saffron
and God's Sovereign Sword
Smacks a copper kiss?
Are they holding
their 2013 Pub Guide
in thick veined hand,
Young's Bitter
on their breath,
settling
old scores
and jousting
our purpose on earth
other than to be
Tiger's Food?
Have they been
spit fire seduced
by the Sun Queen
with Her fist full
of Charms
and Her entity warrior angels
at Windcutter Down?
Have they taken
a free fall
into fatal purity;
their ruby Valentine lips
plaited
plastered
puckered
into Lipstick Jungle?
To awake the Rip Van Lunder
stalking chops?
Where have all the boys gone?
The stories we could tell ...
with our thirsty
shifting god-skin
dream-like dry creek bed bodies
Good Morning, Midnight,
Fill our sanctuaries,
Fill our stockings,
bring joy,
wetness,
bring Rainbow Jelly,
too good to be true
porn pictures,
bring their strong,
masochistic tans,
dancing down
thorns of red rose bushes -
Let my hands shake every time
they speak, singers of half
Spanish, half Irish lady-love
music, milady maiden music
casting spells with their idol voices,
all those Veronica
kisses and love words,
bribery via the post,
exploding over each other
to get to the Temptress first
Where have all the boys gone?
