I’ve just read in Psychology Today
how recent research shows men prefer blondes,
tend to sleep around, incite power plays
to build great fortunes and secure their sons’
futures. Wouldn’t Anita Loos and Freud
be surprised. Pop shrinks find beautiful folks
bear more gorgeous daughters, but tend to void
short marriages, while birthing sons will coax
couples to cling. Fitzgerald and Ferber
would chuckle to learn their classic novels
rest on solid science. Would James Thurber
set a story in a Bronx street hovel
where a Muslim plans to bomb a complex,
not as martyr, but since he’s oversexed?
Roger Armbrust
July 12, 2007
