Twilight of the Male Ego
by klipschutz
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Twilight of the Male Ego

My House Is Your House and So Is Yours
                                  (a prospective convert)


excuse me but we have mutual friends
who speak of you often and not without
gaping veneration
they say you eat without using your mouth
that women offer themselves on the street
and burst into song when you mount them

your travels through the inner realms
leave fame and beauty breathless
and when you sneeze -- spontaneous applause

rival factions commit suicide by proxy
to get a look at the red carpet
you are having dry-cleaned gratis
by a man whose wife is carrying your child

the least tender belch this side of your clenched lips
grants absolution to every rapist within earshot

once you have had your morning
tea
and read to your piranhas from the Bible
perhaps you can whip up a quick sermon in the blender
to keep the hounds of hell at bay just a bit longer