Calliope [by Mitch Sisskind]

When she used the word bullnose to describe
The blunt corner of a marble kitchen counter --
From that moment I was in love with Calliope,
As I inferred a knowledge of carpentry which,
Although I had been unaware of it, I do find
Attractive in a woman whose slender arms
Disguise wiry strength just as her vocabulary
Unexpectedly includes a word like bullnose.
Another turn-on for me is a sylph-like woman
In a form-fitting wedding dress so with pleasure
I anticipate browsing Modern Brides magazine
With Calliope – notwithstanding how when I
Looked up bullnose in the dictionary it was
Defined as a disease of pigs. But no matter!

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[Kent Johnson]

Surely it is time to Cancel Mitch Sisskind's unhealthy obsession with sex with the opposite sex? Where are the social-media storms? Where has the rabid Poetry Red Guard gone, of late? They were once so ubiquitous. Was it all just a passing fad? Is there an extended revolutionary vacation, perhaps, called by the Poetry Coalition? Alas, things aren't as exciting as they used to be...