Gas Station Dick Pills
︎︎︎︎︎ Michael Todd
︎Sept 28, 2023
have you ever been
swollen and smiling
wisdom tooth pulled
or maybe
a fist barely not dodged
but softly landed
swollen of cock maybe
hollering and hard
like the pup yelping
where’s my paw and
why’s it stepped on
smiling of forever
probably
engorged as fuck for your calves
but I watched you tripped up
over
and
over
and
over
again
maybe you don’t deserve it but
if it ain’t you
then who the fuck is it
swollen with new weight
smiling with new confidence
a handful being offered
what’s it gonna be?
let’s make a damned deal
an earthquake or a lazy river
a handshake made awkward
severance of toe potentially
forever off balance but
if somebody was skipping
we’d probably get there faster
you were always a stool in support
but never a crutch
swollen I still am
bricks laid with confidence
I can’t not
the unclenching is one thing
but every other note in me is
muted.
by the notes let loose by you.
swollen is my learning heart
and smiling I am exiting the bus
“Thank you driver”
there was always a pause there
that I wish had been me
swollen is the moon tonight
smiling as you slept
upturned but still cutty
full
and fully spent
just as we talked about
years ago
swollen
swollen
smiling
swollen and smiling
wisdom tooth pulled
or maybe
a fist barely not dodged
but softly landed
swollen of cock maybe
hollering and hard
like the pup yelping
where’s my paw and
why’s it stepped on
smiling of forever
probably
engorged as fuck for your calves
but I watched you tripped up
over
and
over
and
over
again
maybe you don’t deserve it but
if it ain’t you
then who the fuck is it
swollen with new weight
smiling with new confidence
a handful being offered
what’s it gonna be?
let’s make a damned deal
an earthquake or a lazy river
a handshake made awkward
severance of toe potentially
forever off balance but
if somebody was skipping
we’d probably get there faster
you were always a stool in support
but never a crutch
swollen I still am
bricks laid with confidence
I can’t not
the unclenching is one thing
but every other note in me is
muted.
by the notes let loose by you.
swollen is my learning heart
and smiling I am exiting the bus
“Thank you driver”
there was always a pause there
that I wish had been me
swollen is the moon tonight
smiling as you slept
upturned but still cutty
full
and fully spent
just as we talked about
years ago
swollen
swollen
smiling
Michael Todd is an Oakland resident/East Bay native, annoying person, and unrelenting optimist.
Also by Michael: Hard As You Try / Still Flaccid
Also by Michael: Hard As You Try / Still Flaccid