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In the land of vowels and silent lore,
Where consonants drift from shore to shore,
A name was born with gentle heft,
Not Geoffrey, not Jeff, but Geof, left.

A single “f,” a subtle grace,
Yet tongues would twist and misplace face.
In Finland’s frost, with earnest cough,
I rose to fame as GeOff.

A scholar of socks and sugar rites,
Of mirrored maps and jazzy nights,
They hailed me with a Nordic nod,
“Professor GeOff” - a name, a god.

I taught the art of breath and pause,
Of kink and church and sacred flaws.
My name, a glyph, a whispered spell,
A portal where the poets dwell.

So let them mangle, let them guess,
I wear each version with finesse.
For Geof is Geof, and GeOff too,
A legend stitched in every hue.
Just poking fun at me.
I allow resistance to remind me of my growth.
Resistance means that we are expanding beyond our comfort zone.
Zywa 7d
From now on, I am Mama
just as Mama always
will be my Mama

and as many women are
suddenly letting on that they are
But not of my child

And not with my discomforts
which they can't alleviate
with their wise prospects

I listen to my child
He teaches me baby talk
and what it means

to be Mama from now on
never just myself again
always with attention

for him, motherly love
is, throughout life, so much more
than worry and care
For Else S

Collection "The Big Secret"
Zywa 7d
We are daydreaming

in the imitation cave --


of the Grand Hotel.
Novel (roman à clef) "L'invitée" (1943, "She came to stay" / "The Invitee", 1949, Simone de Beauvoir), part 2, chapter 9

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 40s and 50s"
Zywa 7d
She is eager, wants

to have me, yet not give up --


anything for me.
Novel (roman à clef) "L'invitée" (1943, "She came to stay" / "The Invitee", 1949, Simone de Beauvoir), part 2, chapter 8

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 40s and 50s"
Zywa 7d
After this long walk

it would be so romantic --


to give him a hug.
Novel (roman à clef) "L'invitée" (1943, "She came to stay" / "The Invitee", 1949, Simone de Beauvoir), part 2, chapter 8

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 40s and 50s"
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