The man with the razor sharp penis

Discussion in 'Poetry' started by Nick Scratch, Jun 28, 2008.

  1. Nick Scratch

    Nick Scratch Member

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    The man with the razor sharp penis
    drove until the road blurred and
    headlights exploded from the night,
    raced the streetlights to the edge
    of the wilderness demanding some kind
    of guilt-free epiphany from the slithering
    goodness of the road so he drove it cold
    hard and ugly, cut curves missionary style,
    wanted more than answers from those
    hidden intersections of bone and metal
    and he smiled and he saw that it was alright.

    The man with the razor sharp penis
    found a bottle in the glove box
    and a bible beneath the seat and
    drank whiskey chanting Daniel,
    making psalms of dirty limericks
    -- there once was a man from Enoch --
    first poor bastard caught red-handed
    blind and hairy-palmed,
    and he gave alms to the cost
    of a Vietnamese apple,
    and he saw prophets fresh from
    the wilderness at roadside fruit stands.
    And he saw that it was alright.

    The man with the razor sharp penis
    picked up Jesus at some gas station
    wearing a bush jacket and a John Deere cap,
    stubble on his chin, said his name was Toby.
    They drove into the night with a
    full tank passing a bottle half full,
    taking turns with the bible, when
    Jesus offered slick parables
    to his razor sharp penis for only 40,
    wouldn't turn the other cheek anymore,
    cut his mouth up pretty badly
    got paid and he smiled bloody,
    and he saw the sun rising behind him
    and he saw that it was alright.

    The man with the razor sharp penis
    tested the boundaries of airbags
    with school buses and semis,
    this wasn't the time for fallen sons
    or saviours, blow jobs or razor sharp penises,
    god or heaven or blessed airbags

    it was the time to move and go and gone
    into the pavement and fuck the demands
    placed on the Earth by the motion,
    unable to slow down breathe stop
    smiling or die
    and the man with the razor sharp penis
    raised his eyes from the whiteline
    of the horizon and he looked
    and he saw that
    it was alright,
    the sun in the sky
    whiskey on his breath
    the world turned a green smudge
    by the weight of his foot

    and the man with the razor sharp penis
    saw the mobius of the road and he
    smiled and he saw the whiteline
    of the horizon racing away before him
    knew the road would never let him catch it.
    And he looked and he smiled and
    he saw that it was alright.
     
  2. teh-horace

    teh-horace for your pleasure

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    i dig this entirely

    excluded from entirety, however:

    line integrity/end words; a little movin' up, a little movin' down, easy fixin'

    also, to me, it seemed to end perfectly right there

    the, "he saw that it was alright", goes along with the rule of three, even though it's embedded in the last stanza

    so that the last 2 stanzas ending on different phrases, especially each of those lines in particular "god or heaven or blessed airbags" and "by the weight of his foot." the word "weight" anchors it, i think that's also why it works well to end there, imo

    so, yep, i dig this entirely :)
     
  3. Nick Scratch

    Nick Scratch Member

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    Thanks man. Point taken. I can see what you're saying. I really want to keep the idea of never being able to catch the end of the road, as well as the idea of the road being a mobius strip. any suggestions?
     
  4. teh-horace

    teh-horace for your pleasure

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    just recycle some of the last stanza you have and work it in the stanza above it

    and tweak the rest, pull it like a drawstring
     

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