The Book of Kirk

The Book of Kirk

1.
Kirk Cameron’s pet monkey loves bananas. He’s got a direct line to God: listen, the perfect curve reminiscent of a sheathed phallus, the fingers arc; the lips pucker just so to receive it. The exposed anus. It’s in the bible: look it up the next time you’re in a hotel. Kirk Cameron’s pet monkey knows: it could be worse. There could be no bananas. Worse still, rational thought, an understanding of agriculture, fleas.God: listen, the perfect curve reminiscent of a sheathed phallus, the fingers arc; the lips pucker just so to receive it. The exposed anus. It’s in the bible: look it up the next time you’re in a hotel. Kirk Cameron’s pet monkey knows: it could be worse. There could be no bananas. Worse still, rational thought, an understanding of agriculture, fleas.

2.
Kirk Cameron's pet monkey loves bananas.
He's got a direct line to God:
listen, the perfect curve
reminiscent of a sheathed phallus,
the fingers arc;
the lips pucker just so
to receive it.
The exposed anus.
It's in the bible:
look it up the next time
you're in a hotel.

Kirk Cameron's pet monkey knows:
it could be worse.
There could be no bananas.
Worse still, rational thought,
an understanding of agriculture
fleas.

C.L. Bledsoe


Posted over on Mud Luscious Press
1. Cortney's prose poem.
2. Line breaks by Glenn Buttkus