Macho Sex (by Cheryl A. Townsend)
MACHO SEX
poems (c) 1993 by Cheryl Townsend
art from The Barbie Intimacies, (c) 2008 by Cheryl A. Townsend
available at http://www.artmajeur.com/cheryltownsend
all rights reserved by the artist
MY STEPFATHER TRIED
one night of pre-teen budding
he pushed one side of the door
as I did the other saying you
don't have anything I haven't
seen before and if you do it is
time that I did and my confusion
poured from my eyes and my gut
and my mother was nowhere to dry them
MAGIC WORMS
She took his sloppy dick
into her hands as if a baby
bird gliding fingers and warm
cooing across the accordion flesh
watching it grow thick and long
before her very eyes squealing
with delight it's magic then he
pushed her back and fucked five
years of innocence clear out of
Jessie's heart
I MARRIED YOUNG THE FIRST TIME
The bruises all healed and
the blood dried all the cuts
scabbed up but left scars
no where near as severe as
the ones no one will ever see
SHE COATS HIS FINGER
like melting sugar and
lingers like perfume
on a married man's collar
EAGERNESS
Throw me over the couch
let your seconds spill in
and down my thighs get
my stocking sticky wet
and my nipples smiling red
YOU'RE LAPPING IT
like a whelp puppy
nursing between my
thighs delving your
tongue into musky
heat gripping for
control as I lose
mine into a glaze
to dry in your beard
BOY
wants me happily ever
after in his unemployed
day to day chasing rain
bows raise children on day
dreams and pay bills with
fantasy but make love with
a reality unreal
BEN-WA BALLS
can never do
what thoughts
of you make me
feel knowing
never deeper
cannibal passion
teeth and tongue
clawed and groped
wanting such
languid again
HE SAID HOW MUCH HE
missed the smell of my red hair
the feel of my flesh against his
the sounds and tastes that went
with stolen moments and rented
sheets and scratches that always
sting in the shower after
JEANNIE SAID
while we were eating after
hours breakfast with the gang
that there ain't no Hoover
that can out suck her and the
guys all just laughed nervously
knowing Jeannie didn't talk no
shit
PROBABILITY
Birth control is not fail safe
for every one of its users nor
has every child been conceived
in want or by willing participant
some even being just plain ignorant
to the facts of life even today
should they still be forced
to give a destined birth anyway
will you be there when they do
MACHO SEX
Life is a Playboy
centerfold and we
get to be the Kleenex
* * *
Macho Sex poetry chapbook
originally published by
Hyacinth House Publications (Fayetteville, AR)
(c) 1993 by Cheryl A. Townsend
All rights reserved
Used by permission
The Barbie Intimacies photographs
(c) 2008 by Cheryl A. Townsend
All rights reserved
Reproduced with the artist's permission
See and buy these and a vast assortment of Townsend's art at
http://www.artmajeur.com/cheryltownsend
Buy prints of some of CAT's nature photography at
http://CherylATownsend.imagekind.com
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Posted by Jesus Crisis at 8/25/2008 10:18 PM 
Categories: Cleveland,Poetry,1900s,Townsend (Cheryl),American
Categories: Cleveland,Poetry,1900s,Townsend (Cheryl),American
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That's what I said... first when I read the poems (I got the book in that cache I blogged about from the Bookstore on W. 25th)... and then again when I saw The Barbie Intimacies...
The poems and photos seemed to fit so well together.
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Wasn't sure I liked them when I started reading them. I was afraid they would be all painful and dark.. but they weren't. They moved me thru a range of emotions.. I liked that... like the last few lines especially, made me smile.
The fotos are funny.
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there is something interesting in each poem and i loved the juxtaposition of the poems and photos. you actually got ben-wa balls to work? i'm impressed! - and when do we get to meet jeannie?!
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Haha! Thanks, Chocolate!
It's an honor "meeting" you here, and I'm grateful you stopped by and commented.
I'm hoping to post more of Cheryl's work here soon.
Would you be willing to consider submitting something for the library as well?
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sure, i'd love to be included in your library. tnx. and more cheryl work too, yes! just finished reading your latest hart crane posting, a poem called forgetfulness. loved it and hadn't read that poem before - or i forgot...
would be delighted to !
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Fantastic!
Here's my e-mail: insightoutside@yahoo.com.
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Wow - this was a really intense read - whew! Awesome poems by Cheryl.
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What is the best age for boys and girls to start safe sex? ?
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18 in Ohio - or else they're liable to be labled sex offenders for life.
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Brilliant poems.Thanks for the pic.
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This one is for the first time i have seens the romance of the dolls.
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