you
you're a best, she said 
your big white belly 
and those hairy feet. 
you never cut your nails 
and you have fat hands 
paws like a cat 
your bright red nose 
and the biggest balls 
I've ever seen. 
you shoot sperm like a 
whale shoots water out of the 
hole in its back. 

beast beast beast, 
she kissed me, 
what do you want for 
breakfast?

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From Love is a Dog from Hell
Selected poems 1955 - 1973
Black Sparrow Press, 1977.