Stuck With Me
‘Stick with me honey and you’ll fart through silk.’
A phrase which I cannot yet erase from memory
words which by today’s delicate sensitivities
are inappropriate in so many ways and yet
describe commitment, affection and luxury.
I would rid myself of this coarse vulgarity,
related to me decades ago by a bosun’s mate,
but when my commitment is questioned
I think of gluteal comfort, concealed luxury
and a loving tolerance of flatulence.
About the artist
Ed Ahern resumed writing after forty odd years in foreign intelligence and international sales. He’s had over 600 stories and poems published so far, and twelve books. He works the other side of writing at Bewildering Stories where he squats on the review board, and at Scribes Micro, where he’s the idle figurehead.
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