MAN’S CURSE

It is hard for a free thinking man to choose
what thoughts he wishes to abide or refuse.
A bit of philosophy can turn into a lump
and statistical analysis can be a hump.

But the ones that occur completely unbidden
are usually conversationally or socially forbidden,
like how good she’d look naked, legs akimbo,
while he’s between ‘em, doing the horizontal limbo

This occurrence can be often and demanding,
if only because it requires the most deft handling
to save a man the acute embarrassment
of not being able to see the wood well spent.

But who says our heads are filled with lust?
We have other concerns besides bums and busts.
For most men are armed with a handy retort,
“I’m not thinking about her, I’m thinking ‘bout sport.”