We draw our penises everywhere.
The ichneumon wasp’s ovipositor
is twice the length of the insect
yet it does not draw crude pictures
on the scaly bark of Silver Maples.
Also, she is female, but I won’t say that explains it –
Or that the male is smaller and has no ovipositor.
Look! An efficient way to transfer genetic material
without just blowing it in the female’s direction
or leaving goo on a stalk and hoping she takes an interest.
Rome of the Caesars boasted penile frescoes
and mosaics, and sculpted and carved and rubbed
them in the bath – often with Vesuvius-like eruptions
That dripped down like hydraulic cement. The Romans
invented the cement.
Paleo Man didn’t conjure that many penises –
He is carving Venus from Soapstone while the
women paint vulvas amidst predators and other animals
Everybody except Jesus scribbles their penis on walls
while insouciant of its elegant function of perpetuation.
God is in the details and could not, I guess,
perfectly predict a fascination with His intromittent organ
Maddening, and just as imperfectly erect in Heaven.