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HOSTESS

by s-fletcher

She serves, serves as. Her body-is-home-is-nation. She does not dwell, she is dwelling. She keeps the lights on. She fluffs the pillows. With child, eternal. She is so very...blessed. She is the pilot light and the pile of ash. Savior, safegaurd, scapegoat. She is flambéed, micro-waved, she is pressure cooked in social sweat, and then told that she looks “radiant.” Idolized, pasteurized, tranquilized, she is bottled, sealed and brought beaming to your doorstep each morning for a reasonable monthly fee. Her hearth fuels all creation, destruction, and consumption followed by decaf coffee and polite chatter in the living room. She is so excited to welcome you into her...home. She is incontinent. Incontinuous. A swollen, slacken gesture towards a self. She is wet clay laid again on wheel, awaiting to welcome the coming divine, un-declinable gift from god. A fist to the gut, from beneath.
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Oct 23, 2014
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#pregnancy#bodies#mothers#1950s
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