Billeh Nickerson
When my friend challenged me
to write a poem
about the Winnipeg police
who accidentally turned on
the speakers
to their taxpayer-funded helicopter
only to broadcast a lurid tale
of blowjobbery and oral salaciousness
to the communities below
I was momentarily titillated
as the only thing men love
almost as much as blowjobs
is talking about blowjobs
and thinking
about blowjobs
but then I thought to myself
what if the officers instead
were sucking each other off
and all that slurping
and choking and lipsmacking joy
blared down to the citizens below?
Now that would be a poem.
Billeh Nickerson is writer, editor and educator who lives and loves in Vancouver. His most recent collection, Artificial Cherry, was nominated for the 2014 City of Vancouver Book Award.
