{"id":3434,"date":"2011-10-03T00:23:41","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T00:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sporkpress.com\/poetry\/?p=200"},"modified":"2011-10-03T00:23:41","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T00:23:41","slug":"3-poems-by-john-myers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisissporkpress.com\/archive\/2011\/10\/03\/3-poems-by-john-myers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Poems by John Myers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Young Mean Blond<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The fall is an extension of the somersault, my itch<\/p>\n<p>is at the part of my back I can\u2019t reach and you can.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Blind me and I\u2019ll ignore my handicap<\/p>\n<p>come strut into your shower, neons<\/p>\n<p>gay and hearty. Lift me your chin. I can\u2019t<\/p>\n<p>chase sex with language. Log Cabin Janus\u2019 coterie of birds flap<\/p>\n<p>in a cage dropped from the bridge into the river mourning in<\/p>\n<p>sunglasses and gin.<\/p>\n<p>When your dream thaws you\u2019ll say you thought you had to.<\/p>\n<p>I aim the rain as it plips the stumps and torques the river. Desire, unprecedentable, catches me out on my tether wherever he goes. Would you take me<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>on your houseboat<\/p>\n<p>lotion up my crack? Let\u2019s relax your shoulders<\/p>\n<p>by cradle or by crow. I&#8217;ll turn you back into a stand of silver birch<\/p>\n<p>to rule the Valley of the Idea. Whom else can you attend, crown<\/p>\n<p>reject?<\/p>\n<p>_______________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Desirable in a Shipmate<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To stack the deck for my goals<\/p>\n<p>I assemble men to whom fluency\u2019s<\/p>\n<p>attractive and cocksureness is lure. To pick my stud<\/p>\n<p>in terms of raw numbers<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m thinking snow<\/p>\n<p>is a perfect example though once I pick I need<\/p>\n<p>only one good bonfire to create intimacy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In any circus my favorite is the gymnast<\/p>\n<p>bent the way I want. I\u2019ll staple a kite tail to you,<\/p>\n<p>swallow you like a saucer, like I have swallowing<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>been assigned.<\/p>\n<p>Your tackling me sets in motion<\/p>\n<p>the circuitry of blood meant for my dick meanwhile my grandmothers<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>get out their daguerreotypes. My grandmothers have<\/p>\n<p>a collection. See this Adam\u2019s apple, they coo, is yours<\/p>\n<p>even close? I think as I swallow, Is it the broom or its closet<\/p>\n<p>that smells like a rabbit hutch?<\/p>\n<p>_______________________<\/p>\n<p>Dunbar\u2019s Number<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thorough as anything physical distance can\u2019t exclude or answer<\/p>\n<p>a phylogenetic chart for eyes is nothing like the experience of sight.<\/p>\n<p>Barbed wire melts almost visible when it\u2019s looked through. Like a blanket<\/p>\n<p>you\u2019re upstairs and on the bed raring<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s go. I apologized for the thong-shaped damp spot masturbation left<\/p>\n<p>and which stayed in the humidity for hours. A lap<\/p>\n<p>isn\u2019t a lap if it hasn\u2019t been sat on and pleasure<\/p>\n<p>isn\u2019t planned. We\u2019ve become blind in so many<\/p>\n<p>wary ways. Refusing myself \u201cobligatory\u201d jealousy is my pleasure<\/p>\n<p>built like a longhorn our pleasure touches.<\/p>\n<p>Any more than<\/p>\n<p>one hundred fifty is abstract to us, like a faraway cadence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><br \/>\nJohn Myers lives in Missoula, MT. His first manuscript was recently selected as a finalist for publication by Omnidawn Books, and his poems are forthcoming in <em>Handsome<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young Mean Blond &nbsp; The fall is an extension of the somersault, my itch is at the part of my back I can\u2019t reach and you can. &nbsp; Blind me and I\u2019ll ignore my handicap come strut into your shower, neons gay and hearty. Lift me your chin. I can\u2019t chase sex with language. 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