Goldilocks and Papa Bear By Dan Stone
I watch the city shrinking in the glass glance by glance, my hands on the wheel
as I hurtle toward our cabin in the woods.
I imagine that you’re sprawled out on your bed
stretching out toward all four corners
and I’m tempted to unzip my pants
right here and now to see if I can get
a rise out of some trucker barreling by.
I’m itching with the need to shed this suit
like cracked and peeling skin that I’ve outgrown
to roll myself into a ball and then unfurl
and wonder how I stayed out of the woods
so long when creatures like you roam its trails
and warm its cozy caverns.
I can feel myself begin to swell and ooze
I know you love the way I bloom for you
as you lie there with your grizzly grin,
your bare toes wiggling and your belly rising
like some dusty mountain I must climb;
already I can feel the hunger and the thirst.
If I roll down these windows I will hear
the wolves begin to howl--it means
I’m almost home—my mouth starts to foam--
almost time to feed this wild new appetite.
In the days ahead, I’ll need no bread or water,
while I’m feasting on your stores of fat;
The logs will blaze unnoticed on the fire
and when you close around me like a fur-lined cape
I’ll cling to you until you feel my footprints
on your sturdy flanks
and all that anyone will hear for miles around
are my blond squeals
and your bodacious growls.
As part of Octobearfest 2013, Bob Murphy of the Front Range Bears will be hosting a panel of local gay authors including Dan Stone, Jerry Wheeler, David-Matthew Barnes, Sean Eads, George Seaton and Sam Gallegos. There will be readings and a Q&A session with the audience and books will be available for purchase so bring some cash money, honey, and support your local gay authors!
Dan Stone’s first novel, The Rest of Our Lives, was published by Lethe Press in June 2009 and was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. His first collection of poetry, Tricky Serum: An Elixir of Poems, was published by Lethe Press in June 2011. Writing as Lukas Hand, his Lambda Literary Award-nominated collection of short fiction, Coming To: A Collection of Erotic and Other Epiphanies was published by Lethe Press in March 2012.
