"Machofilias"
When I was writing this book I said,
wait a minute there's got to be something about macho-hood.
So it's a word that's thrown around all the time,
macho this, macho that.
So here they are, this is a deep study in machofilia
and for all the students please take note,
this will be good for that MFA.
"Tobacco socks, leather forks, redwood boxers,
spit instead of tears, the obscure insides
of a Swatch watch, Guinness record tattoos,
cremation in a mug, horse naming as an Olympic sport,
Napalm impressionism, Christian Bullet associations,
Hitler's jeans, cement talc, copper-plated Grand Canyon,
grinding as an art category.
Dostoyevsky class rings, Valdez oil spill polyester print
shirt, toothpick wrenches, Viet Nam rope tricks,
airport sculpture, Valvoline deodorant,
Siamese cats on glue, date with bank teller machine,
arson black, rabbit tea, antelope on a key chain,
Howard Hughes comb, smart bomb in traditional red.
Power suit Nagasaki, pall bearer glove liner, demolition derby
fender prints, stethoscope scars, the word zygomatic,
restraining odors, forensic lunch bags,
still life with belly incision, Air Force recruiter officer air
refreshener."
That's a tough one.
"Corporate handshake molds, camouflage wedding
ring, salmon egg hand warmers, Bossa nova generic CD.
Twenty-volume pictorial encyclopedia on Mars,
Kuwait campground guide, rib-eye face cream"
and "distance-o-matic enhancer machine."