In Mary Janice Davidson's Betsy Taylor series, what was the poem Eric recite

Question: In Mary Janice Davidson's Betsy Taylor series, what was the poem Eric recited when asked about his vows!?

I can't remember the poet at all but it was very funny!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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"Alas, the penis is such a ridiculous petitioner!. It is so unreliable, though everything depends on it—the world is balanced on it like a ball on a seal’s nose!. It is so easily teased, insulted, betrayed, abandoned; yet it must pretend to be invulnerable, a weapon which confers magical powers upon its possessor; consequently this muscleless inchworm must try to swagger through temples and pull apart thighs like the hairiest Samson, the mightiest ram!. "
- William Gass, from 'Metaphor and Measurement'!.Www@QuestionHome@Com