Sonnet for cock sucking & baptism
by Sam Rush
Forgive me Lord, for I have a mouth full
of dicks & not all of them organic.
Forgive me the virgin coconut oil
in lieu of water-based lube like I think
I’m better than that or some shit.
Anointed. Dick. I grease the word & slick
my tongue in it. Let all I lap be wrapped
& swaddled in. I spit & poof. Magic.
Watch the plastic twitch. Lord, inside my salve
your accidents grow stiff. Suck fist to dick.
The knuckle: dick. I laughed, Dick Midas, now
the sky is dick. I sing my lips to dick.
I speak the name, you chose yourself,
aloud, & don’t we feel it, every inch.
of dicks & not all of them organic.
Forgive me the virgin coconut oil
in lieu of water-based lube like I think
I’m better than that or some shit.
Anointed. Dick. I grease the word & slick
my tongue in it. Let all I lap be wrapped
& swaddled in. I spit & poof. Magic.
Watch the plastic twitch. Lord, inside my salve
your accidents grow stiff. Suck fist to dick.
The knuckle: dick. I laughed, Dick Midas, now
the sky is dick. I sing my lips to dick.
I speak the name, you chose yourself,
aloud, & don’t we feel it, every inch.
Sam Rush began writing poems after developing progressive hearing loss and realizing how many words each word could be. They were a finalist at the National Poetry Slam in 2016. Their work has been featured or is forthcoming in The Offing, The Journal, and Drunk in a Midnight Choir.