H e a r t S o n s & H e a r t D a u g h t e r s of A l l e n G i n s b e r g

N a p a l m H e a l t h S p a : R e p o r t 2 0 1 4 : A r c h i v e s E d i t i o n

ANTLER

Blowjob Skull In Eternity

The skull that loved to give blowjobs

rests underground

with jaw fallen off.

It will exist as a skull longer than it did

as a face.

The mandible will be off the skull

longer than it was on,

Longer than the face ever thought of itself as a face

or as a face on a skull

on a skeleton.

The skull lasts longer than the boyhood face,

longer than it thought of itself

as a boyloving head

it will be a skull.

Your skull lasts longer than your name.

Your skull lasts longer than your brain.

The amount of time you spent sucking cocks in your life

juxtaposed to your skull

is like a mayfly compared to a sequoia.

Cocksucker in Eternity liking to think of yourself

as a Cocksucker in Eternity,

what are you most after all

but a skull?

[Originally published in NHS 1998, http://www.poetspath.com/napalm/nhs98/antler.html.]