Khalym Kari Burke-Thomas writes what he wants to read, so if you don't like his work he'll think he has poor taste in literature. His writing appears or is forthcoming in New Wave Vomit and DOGZPLOT. He is majoring in Asian Languages and Cultures at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, where he also serves as Assistant to the Director of the Trias Residency for Writers.

Two Poems (April 20, 2011. Issue 27.)

dsl's

damn those lips
those are some
dick-sucking lips
have you ever sucked
dick with those lips?
if not, you should
how many dicks could
those dick lips suck if
those dick lips could suck
dick? a lot, perhaps
because those are some
dick sucking lips
i almost confused you
for a duck, your lips
are so dick-sucking
good i want
your lips to strangle
my dick, put my dick
in a figure-four leg lock
and make it squeal
quick, please, before you
go; The Lord created
those lips and He wants you
dead so that you may
return to Heaven and suck
His mighty dick

I suppose a good family

I suppose a good family
would have rushed you

to the hospital, even asked
if you were ok. And—

were I a good son—
I might have

clung to your body
the way daddy said you clung to

yours when he found you
there, by the stove,

alone save for your nakedness
for fear that you would run

off and do something
foolish again.

But when you would have
taken him and everyone else with you,

leaving me with no place
to stay come Thanksgiving,

I could not help but ask
why you were so selfish.