Nelson's Column

What a cock she has!
Nelson's Column does not stand so proud
nor so catch and hold the eye - why
it would command even the admiral's attention
and stir such a heat within that too cold flesh -

No. He is long gone
though surely he haunts St Paul's
dreaming of upthrusting masts...
though none so mighty as this!
Ah, memories of salt and sea

Men! None could compare!
They would wilt with shame, were they not
consumed with hunger to possess
They would kneel before its glory, and beg
a token of its affection

What a cock she has!
They say Lady Hamilton had one too
and that Nelson was as oft beneath her skirts
as beneath his sails
How I wish I could taste his victory