Broetics: The Path Into the Male Mind

"ut pictura poesis (l. 361),"  Hoarce from ars Poetica

Final Final Fantasy
I will not spend one hundred and thirteen
hours of my life on a video game
ever again. I will not rationalize,
claiming that it is somehow "research" for
my future career as a comic book
writer. I will not allow myself to be
sucked beyond the event horizon of an
RPG situated on a distant
planet, no matter how good the graphics are
on the nubile female lead character's chest.
I will no longer waste my time seeking out
arbitrary unlockable achievements.
I am going to start beating games faster. Brian McGackin

As in pictures, so in poetry.  The camera eye of the brain works wonders and the poet brings to life images and sentiments akin the apprehended.

Women ask of men, " What are you thinking right now."

Sister, you don't wanna know.

Really.  Usually it is nothing anywhere near akin to ocean spray and white stallions running through the surf, while I saddle up my rippled and coiled muscles and sinew in the direction of an imaginary sylph.

Nope; it is usually black and white cartoons from the 1930's of emaciated cows goosing one another and giving out with snappy patter - 'Solid, Jackson!'

Real men play cartoons in their heads, when not thinking about conquest, the next food item, or excuses. Productive cognition is for the job, fixing the furnace, or doing the checkbook alchemy.

Even Poets, if they be male, drift on clouds of hilarious time wasted.

Blind Milton, I am sure made up scenarios of dead Papists being pitchfoked into the Devils maw by industrious and trim Puritans.

Today, we  are blessed to feature the Man's Milton 2017 - young Master Brian McGackin&* - the Broet Laureate.

I have recently completed the slim volume of many Broesy - Broetry. 

Here is yet another sample of verse by a man, for men and thoroughly about men.

For Mama Celeste, as a Child
Mother cut tiny
slices for my small boy hands:
delicate pizza.
For Mama Celeste, in College
Hold up. This whole time
you were only a dollar?
You cheap, frozen whore.
For Mama Celeste, after College
Sorry about that.
Please take me back, Mama C.
I'm sick of ramen.

Men, get a copy of Broetry; Ladies read and learn what men have on their minds.  Stephen Hawking is filthy gent from what I hear.

As in days gone by - Poetry written by men is Broetry:

 If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl. H. L. Mencken

"quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus (l. 359)"  Horace -Ars Poetica

* Brian McGackin is the author of BROETRY (Quirk Books, 2011) and DEATH IN THE RICK (http://deathintherick.com/).
He has a BA from Emerson College in Something Completely Unrelated To His Life Right Now and a Masters in Poetry from USC.
He enjoys Guinness, comic books, and Bruce Willis movies 

Men's Fall Fashion - What is Offered and What We Will Wear!

The Devil wears Prada, because Old Nick has no twin saddle bags of superfluous flesh cascading at his back pockets, and suffers not from DunLop's Disease*! Theologically, Old Scratch looks "Faaaabulous!" - trim and fastidiously turned out and ready to cut some of the weak ones out of the Herd! No Wingman, He! Silks and Satins and Satan's own good time!

The rest of us gents? Me anyway - Armani would be a suicide pilot to attempt to gussy up this Old Roue.

The fashion folks have slapped together Man Hugging items and accessories that will be worn publicly by Victims: of ridicule;assault; uncontrolled laughter and closet space.

Heather Kenny at(Some)Chicago Reader makes a heroic case for Burbury Pirates and Versace Vampires.

Men's fashion is rarely as dramatic as the women's shows because men's clothing doesn't change as much from year to year. On the other hand, small touches can have big effect (which makes it easy to do a makeover on your boyfriend).

As If, Heather! Girls! Round up a gelding!


Two of the selections for Man 2010 Fall Collection are provided above: sinister and dextra- the gent in media res is wearing pretty much standard issue American Middle Age Male Mufti.

I find the buckishly grey gentleman, (conservative yes, but defiantly dashing in a blue blazer/Open Collar Oxford cloth button-down with manly white crew t-shirt apparent) to be eminently attractive. Ladies? N'cest Pas?


* dunlop's disease

When your belly Dun Lops Over Your Belt.

Hey, when Murph looks at a Menu he says, " Okay!"