A male teacher at a South Windsor, Connecticut high school read a poem from 1968 to his senior AP English class that contained graphic language describing homosexual sex between two men. The teacher was suspended and the school has launched an investigation.

The poem, written by American beat poet Allen Ginsberg, is titled, Please Master, after the repeated refrain requesting sexual acts by the narrator. (WARNING: read here)

Parents were obviously upset at the content and couldn't understand why it was allowed to be read.

The school's superintendent, Kate Carter, issued the following statement to WTNH condemning the poem as "highly inappropriate:"

We take seriously the trust that parents place in teachers and administrators, and we do not tolerate the use of inappropriate materials in classroom settings.

Ginsberg's poetry has long been controversial, with one from 1957, Howl, at the center of an obscenity trial for its graphic content, including homosexual acts. Ten years before his death in 1997, Ginsberg penned Sphincter -- an ode to his backside.

In his poem America, written in 1956, Ginsberg speaks of attending "Communist Cell meetings" with his mother at age seven. In 1994, Ginsberg penned, Thoughts on NAMBLA [North American Man/Boy Love Association], in which he defended his membership in the organization "as a matter of civil liberties."

"I joined NAMBLA in defense of free speech," Ginsberg wrote.