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Allen Ginsberg - Sphincter

I hope my good old asshole holds out
60 years it's been mostly OK
Tho in Bolivia a fissure operation
     survived the altiplano hospital-- 
a little blood, no polyps, occasionally
a small hemorrhoid
active, eager, receptive to phallus
     coke bottle, candle, carrot
     banana & fingers -
Now AIDS makes it shy, but still
     eager to serve -
out with the dumps, in with the condom'd
     orgasmic friend -
still rubbery muscular,
unashamed wide open for joy
But another 20 years who knows,
     old folks got troubles everywhere - 
necks, prostates, stomachs, joints--
     Hope the old hole stays young
     till death, relax

                                        March 15, 1986, 1:00 PM

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Poet: Allen Ginsberg (Allen Ginsberg Art)
Poem: Sphincter
Volume: Cosmopolitan Greetings
Year: Published/Written in 1986

Comment 1 of 1, added on November 9th, 2006 at 7:00 PM.

I don't know anything about Ginsberg yet. I'll have to read about him, but it appears he was gay??? If this is autobiographical, then not too bad, ok I guess, but if he wrote thise outside of himself, then awesome. It seems to me autobiographical works are easier.

Shelley Fruiterer from United States

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