Viewers

Instead of bubble butts in khakis,
I get chasers and gainers.
Instead of this boy in the Street Fighter hoodie,
I get Gonzo Bear.
Instead of leather daddies,
I get buzz daddies.
Instead of this one in the pink T-shirt
Dripping with beauty,
I get Wavi Davi.
Instead of John,
I get Bubba.
Instead of Kevin,
I get Kote$.
Instead of Chris,
I get unsolicited unlocked pics of assholes.
Instead of Jerry,
I get meat packers.
Instead of a kiss goodnight,
I get suck me dry.
Instead of Donte,
I get Mile High.
Instead of Derek,
I get Peg Leg Sam.
Instead of Hey, I noticed you from across the room,
I get, Hey, girl.
Instead of Josh,
I get Jshun.
Instead of Benny,
I get bad intentions.
Instead of Jamaal,
I get Cracker Barrel Eric.
Instead of Tyler,
I get Freeloader Anthony.
Instead of Grayson,
I get, I want to suck a big cock, and get my ass fucked.
Instead of moonlight kisses,
I get insatiable bottoms and more insatiable bottoms and more insatiable bottoms.
Instead of heart-shaped chocolates,
I get, I love me some BBC.
Instead of, Would you like to go for coffee?
I get, "Please titty-fuck me."
Instead of a hot dad,
I get dick pics in my DM's.
Instead of bear hugs,
I get open relationships.
Instead of horror movie connoisseurs,
I get dilators in dick holes.

Shane Allison has published four chapbooks of poetry as well as four full-length poetry collections, I Remember (Future Tense Books), Slut Machine (Rebel Satori Press), Sweet Sweat ( Hysterical Books), and most recently I Want to Eat Chinese Food Off Your Ass (Dumpster Fire Press). He has edited twenty-five anthologies of gay erotica, and has written two novels, You're the One I Want and Harm Done (Simon and Schuster Publishing). Shane’s collage work has graced the pages of Shampoo, Unlikely Stories, Pnpplzine.com, Palavar Arts Magazine, the Southeast Review, South Broadway Review, Postscript Magazine and a plethora of others. Allison is at work on a new novel and is always at work making a collage here and there.