Marchell Dyon- Two Poems

MAKING A MAN

 

When I am alone I build myself a man

Not of biblical clay

But one fluent in the language of French kissing

 

On his lips when he speaks

He whispers only my name

 

When he touches me

Like a flower I bloom

 

I am Venus to him born from a shell

Pregnant with beauty to him I lack all flaws

He never wants more than what I’m willing to give

 

When I ‘m done with him

I shove him into an overstuffed closet

Hidden away with the moth balls and the winter sweaters

 

There is a commitment here

He is the last thing I think about when I leave for work

He is the first thing I would try to save in a fire.

 

 

 

REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD TAKE OUT THE GARBAGE

 

It is the most manliness of business

It makes me hot

 

Noble domestication is better on the brain then cheap wine

Want to walk me out of my clothes wash a dish or two

 

I’ll do things domestic for you

I’ll tailgate your Sundays with the boys

 

Unlike other wives I won’t pretend to be a fan of the big game

I’ll just serve you and your friends and then get out the way

 

Later like a well - trained Geisha

I‘ll rub your shoulders

 

I’ll ask so little and give so much and won’t nag you

We would not be known as the angry couple on our street

 

If only the garbage would not always overflow

If only I did not have to drag the garbage to the curb

 

If only the most manliness of business was taken care of

I would not feel like I am in this marriage alone.

 

 

 

 Bio:

Marchell Dyon poetry has been published in many magazines including  Eye to the Telescope, Mused Bella online, and Medusa's Kitchen. She is from Chicago IL.