I’m Nobody! Who are you?
Are you – Nobody – too?Emily Dickinson
the thing itself and not the myth
“Diving into the Wreck,” Adrienne Rich
a cock is mostly blood i say
as i stand trailside urinating
masking for a cock in retreat
although you watch affectionately
better stated and unselfconsciously
i should have explained more precisely
cock size is mostly determined by blood
and then i consider that we are mostly water
we humans kept alive by a pumping heart
like cocks we are mostly determined by blood
you silly man you reply i love your cock
your face does not flush with blood
your words are sincere as the sunshine
blocked by the trees surrounding us
then i fall into your voice and eyes
slipping back to the younger me
drawn to Lawrence’s blood consciousness
before spiraling even further through history
the blood spilled and the blood lettings
at the hands of the awfully named mankind
going to hold it all day your voice jars me or ride
i am shallow as a hasty grave abandoned
filled too often and to bursting with myself
a man nothing more and nothing less
as i recover myself and turn back to you
i am less than i should be and more than ever
because you are patient and kind and willing
i resist the long explanation back through history
and reach out to touch your arm sweaty and warm
then nod as we roll again you leading the way
—P.L. Thomas
