I CELEBRATE MYSELF by Dennis Doph

because why? 33

I celebrate myself because if I don't do it who will
Celebrate my face once diamond hard cut
like a faceted jewel now a little soft around the edges
still drop dead handsome by some standards
Celebrate being able to turn heads at sixty
Hope to still be turning them at seventy
Celebrate my long tall disproportionate body
My long arms long simian legs Celebrate
Where they've been What they've been around
what they've been inside
Celebrate my hairy Mick body Proud
of every wiry curly hair So unlike the straight
uninteresting hair on my head my body hair
Everywhere thick sometimes red sometimes
blond Always ready to be worshipped
Celebrate my cock its length its thickness
the thickly veined sides of it Celebrate
its piss slit All the scores of men and women
who've put their tongues into it
Celebrate my balls and the fact they swing
like chandeliers on the Titanic going down
Celebrate my curious mind which invents this
narcissistic screed
Celebrate my ass Always proud Always just
a little feminine Always expecting to be
invaded For that reason almost never
being invaded

Waiting for the right Marauder to come roaring
like Taras Bulba out of the plains of Hungary
or somewhere. Maybe here.

I celebrate myself and expect you to celebrate
me too Like a good boy