CENSORED
I wanted to gently stroke my love's CENSORED
& write poems about his beautiful CENSORED
But the clergy couldn't permit this to be
& many literary critics agreed
So my writing was CENSORED

What is the sense in being incensed
About a small stretch
Of simple flesh?

Though some prefer whitewashing what doesn't fit
neatly into their schemes
other writers know such things s
peak vividly & that sensuality sho
uld not B marginalized, snuf
fed out, err labeled X-rated
kuz it'za whule weigh ta em
brace the wirld & breathe . . .