Saturday, June 19, 2010

Poem: Woman is a Womb

[Masochist], speak.
Your mouth is bloody from chewing the tree,
and savoring every thorn, passiflora incarnata,
the Christ vine.

[Sadist], with ease. Aspirin can't relieve blasphemy—
a swollen tongue and limp dick—
or redeem you from the sins you've eaten for a fee.
You've desecrated the hand that feeds:
Tota mulier in utero*.

[Fascist], release, you devil.
Kneel before Humility.
Pry your teeth from my tit.
A woman has to eat to feed.


December 4, 2008


*"Woman is a womb": The Second Sex, Simone De Beauvoir.

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