Saturday, October 2, 2021

CHOKE THE CHICKEN ( or AUTO-EROTIC ASPHYXIATION GONE HORRIBLY WRONG) by George Schaefer

They found him
in a room in Thailand—
pants down, belt around neck
big smile on his face.
 
The prostitute in the room
sobbing and swearing
it was an accident.
Auto erotic asphyxiation
gone horribly wrong.
 
And then there are suicidal tendencies
and people hanging themselves.
 
But families lose the Ka-ching
if it’s suicide
so now we have lawsuits
claiming deceased loved ones
were really just perverts—
 
No intent to die
Just intent to cum
Auto erotic asphyxiation 
gone horribly wrong
 
But maybe we’re taking
our idioms and adages too far.
Maybe we need 
to drop “choke the chicken”
and bring back “spank the monkey”
 
There will still be
a lot of redness and swelling
but at least you’ll live
to recount your shame.





George Schaefer is a Philly born poet.  He grew up in the 80s heavily influenced by hippies and beatniks.  He began writing at age 15 and has continued the poetic journey for 4 decades.  He has been published by Alien Buddha Press and Moonstone Press.  Numerous self-published chapbooks are available when he's inclined to print them up in his apartment.

 

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