Better Than a Blow Job
BY TAYLOR MALI
Diane couldn't keep my cock
out of her mouth.
When I was soft, she took it
as an insult, or a challenge.
Otherwise it was an order,
or an act of devotion
like lighting a candle.
Once,
running late, I actually said
I don't have time for you
to give me a blowjob right now!
Before you start thinking
she was the perfect woman--
do you? would anyone? I did--
know that there was something
tragic about the way she held me
in her mouth, as if she had been
taught years ago—or if not taught,
had somehow come to learn--
that's all her mouth was for.
Diane couldn't keep my cock
out of her mouth.
When I was soft, she took it
as an insult, or a challenge.
Otherwise it was an order,
or an act of devotion
like lighting a candle.
Once,
running late, I actually said
I don't have time for you
to give me a blowjob right now!
Before you start thinking
she was the perfect woman--
do you? would anyone? I did--
know that there was something
tragic about the way she held me
in her mouth, as if she had been
taught years ago—or if not taught,
had somehow come to learn--
that's all her mouth was for.
TAYLOR MALI's second book of poems, The Last Time As We Are, was published by Write Bloody in September 2009. He was one of the original poets to appear on the HBO series Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. His work has appeared in anthologies and other publications including The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, The Idiot’s Guide to Slam Poetry, Spoken Word Revolution, The Tampa Review, The Underwood Review, Taj Mahal Review, Cadillac Cicatrix, Spindle, The Whatever Literary Journal, and Paddlefish.