Courage, a Tale
There was a Child
who heard from another Child
that if you masturbate 100 times
it kills you.
This gave him pause;
he certainly slowed down quite a bit
and also
.............. kept count.
But, till number 80,
was relatively loose about it.
There did seem plenty of time left.
The next 18
were reserved for celebrations,
like the banquet room in a hotel.
The 99th time
was simply unavoidable.
Weeks passed.
And then he thought
Fuck it
............ it's worth dying for,
and half an hour later
the score rose from 99 to 105.
–––Thom Gunn, Collected Poems (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1994), p. 292
Courage, a Tale
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Re: Courage, a Tale
A common fate across the species.
Poor Courage the Cowardly Dog
Played too much with his pollywog
Mistress Muriel sternly warned him
Of an extreme change to his paradigm
In the end Courage went whole hog
A. Nights, Collected (and discarded) Works, 2013
Poor Courage the Cowardly Dog
Played too much with his pollywog
Mistress Muriel sternly warned him
Of an extreme change to his paradigm
In the end Courage went whole hog
A. Nights, Collected (and discarded) Works, 2013
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Re: Courage, a Tale
Brigham Young was never a neutah,
A pansy or fairy or frutah,
Where ten thousand virgins
Gave in to his urgin's
We now have the great state of Utah.
...or was it Breed'em Young?
(...with apologies to all of those offended by Proposition 8... (http://ballotpedia.org/California_Propo ... ive_(2008))
A herder who hailed from Terre Haute
Fell in love with a young nanny goat,
The daughter he sired
Was greatly admired
For her beautiful angora coat.
bahhhhh!
A pansy or fairy or frutah,
Where ten thousand virgins
Gave in to his urgin's
We now have the great state of Utah.
...or was it Breed'em Young?
(...with apologies to all of those offended by Proposition 8... (http://ballotpedia.org/California_Propo ... ive_(2008))
A herder who hailed from Terre Haute
Fell in love with a young nanny goat,
The daughter he sired
Was greatly admired
For her beautiful angora coat.
bahhhhh!
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Re: Courage, a Tale
Which made me reflect on my lifelong near obsession with wacking off...Probably about a million by now...and counting(although much more slowly, thank goodness) Jackie
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butterflyjack (imported) wrote: Wed Nov 27, 2013 6:40 am Which made me reflect on my lifelong near obsession with wacking off...Probably about a million by now...and counting(although much more slowly, thank goodness) Jackie
Some folks call it "Onanism" and ANYTHING is better than begetting more of "THEM..."