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Pete Lee
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“Maps To The Stars’ Genitalia” and “Pretty Jung Things”
By Pete Lee
Maps To The Stars’ Genitalia
he made a fortune selling
maps to the stars' genitalia
to gullible corn-fed Midwesterners
maps in hand they'd cruise wide-eyed
through neighborhoods of hairy crotches
belonging to ordinary folks
who to a person delighted
in all the sudden attention and
started shaving piercing dyeing tattooing
to keep the admiring strangers coming back
and soon the tabloids picked up the scent
and before long there were guest appearances
and book contracts and photo spreads
and "A Night of Genitalia" at the Mark Taper Forum
and crotch workout videos and paparazzi
jumping in and out of bushes
and getting poked in the eye
by the genitalia of the stars.
Pretty Jung Things
The gargoyle leers
at all the cherubim,
but he's just not
their archetype.
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Pete Lee earns his living as a private investigator. His former occupations include federal intelligence operations specialist and army sergeant/counterintelligence agent. His poetry has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Blue Unicorn, Right Hand Pointing, Mastodon Dentist, 13th Warrior Review, and elsewhere. |
