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⚠Trigger Warning:
The following poem contains subject matter pertaining to sexual assault and misogyny. ⚠
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You call the vagina
pussy
because the hair between my legs reminds you of a cat's fur? reminds you of an animal that is frightened by the simplest of matters--yes, you call me weak.
But that is just the way you prefer us, isn't it?
With our backs arched (but not too high).
Forbidden to leave room for a man to crawl under our bodies.
A man is not meant to lie beneath a womxn, no;
for, a womxn's place is between the man and the mattress.
sex
is that all we are good for?
box
many things can be put inside a womxn, an empty vessel that you believe it is your role to make full again.
Storage locker where you keep your dick rent-free.
Slab of cardboard collecting filth in the attic.
beaver
another animal analogy.
cookie. cupcake. muff(in). bean.
to butter up. To Flick.
inhaled, not savoured;
nothing more than a midnight fast-food run.
mink
skinned and sold and worn-- a notch in your belt (and your bedpost).
cherry
popped(!)
clam
stolen treasure.
kipper
In the staff room, someone has left an unopened bag of shrimp crisps. A man I work with walks in and says it smells “like bad pussy in here.”
I laughed.
Why the fuck did I laugh?
flower
plucked from the garden of eden.
beef curtains
blackout.
hoo-ha
a battle cry.
cunt
a word i was taught never to say aloud
(I do it anyways.)
vag
you abbreviate our bodies.
our voices, too.
will we never make it to four letters?
(love)
whispering eye
a whisper is but a gateway to silence.
You call the vagina
pussy.
sex.
box.
beaver.
cookie.
cupcake.
muff(in).
bean.
mink.
cherry.
clam.
kipper.
flower.
beef curtains.
hoo-ha.
cunt.
vag.
whispering eye.
but never what it truly is:
beautiful.
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Image Source:
Romance dripping gif by Genevieve Blais
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