For the Man with the Erection Lasting More than Four Hours (John Hodgen)

God, this poem. John Hodgen has taken an ad which is a cultural joke, a national snicker, and turned it into a poem that contains more innuendos than most middle school boys can come up with. It's funny. It's ridiculous. It makes me groan with its constant obnoxiousness.

I wonder if it's in some formal poetic structure. There is some end-rhyme and a lot of internal rhyme, but I can't figure out what form it might be (if it is one).

The poem is fine. It's clever, but it's also kind of a one-off. Perfect for its moment, but too light to be substantial or lasting.

Favorite line: "He's got his own anchor."

He's got his own anchor.