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******
I prefer the chapstick / to the lip stick. / I have nothing to hide
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Mumsy Onesie
single mother / pale, Chekhovian / her social status an anachronism
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Midwife
MATCHing rings / A MATCH made in heaven / KNOCKED up
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Bulldozer Beef
big ***** Judy / had some / i guess you could say
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Waggish Recall
*This is a poem for Rachel Corrie. I am not religious, and a far cry from spiritual, but I refuse to imagine Rachel Corrie insentient and six feet under, slowly amalgamating with the soil encasing her. Before her death, Rachel Corrie said “I still really want to dance around to Pat Benatar and have boyfriends and make comics for my co-workers. But I also want this to stop.” In the words of contemporary Palestinian poet Suheir Hammad “God has a better imagination than all of us combined” in either God's words or my own, I will not imagine in/on the same ground in/on which I maybe soon will be and more words from Suheir “What do I tell young people about non-violence when they can see for themselves how even orange bright and megaphone loud and cameras and US citizenship will not stop your ****** what do I tell young people/anyone even myself about “non-violence” when every single thing I've seen presenting itself/perhaps even masquerading as “non-violence” has been in my face and /rude/harsh/unavoidable and most of all, violent? I do not believe in God and humanity is pushing it's luck, but I believe in Rachel Corrie. This is for Rachel;* / I should study a she-wolf's prose / she wanted to write about death
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********
***** / doesn't really matter.
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Menfolk
Real men don't tie their shoes / or wash their hands before eating / but should revert back to the Stone Age
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Fertile
Eat honeydew on your honeymoon but don't elope with a cantaloupe for obvious reasons
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Daddy Cool
Have I told you about my wife? / Middle aged / Muslim woman
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Nanny
Safe and sound / Sounds good to me
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