Virtue + Valour

from The Dignity of Man by These Estates

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“You’ve been such gracious hosts,
but now we really must be going.
We had a very nice time,”
and as I say this I’m
tracing my fingers down your spine,
hold onto it like a rail
and pull myself up,

noble, undisgraced,
stoic and impassive with
a breakwater face.
But beneath it is no trace
of the deliberate or restrained —
we’re all animals
in a certain way.

What do they say?
“A good man’s hard to find these days”?
They’ve made no mistake;
virtue and valour are the province of the brave.
It’s more of the same.
I see no reason to let that get in our way.
Heaven be praised.

I’m not afraid of shame,
but I’m afraid that
something hideous
behind my balls
now rears its head, and
I could eat you whole
at any time
I chose.

What do they say?
“A good man’s hard to find these days”?
They’ve made no mistake;
virtue and valour are the province of the brave.
It’s more of the same.
I see no reason to let that get in our way.
Heaven be praised.

If you think there’s nothing inexplicable and evil,
you haven’t really met a man.
Trim the heart of its silverskin
and sear it ‘til browned in a ripping hot pan.

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from The Dignity of Man, released February 22, 2014

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