Transition Poem 41 @ Dec. 19, 2016

Laura Winberry
#nastywoman: the anatomy of our crowns

is the smell of burning
sugar-sugar oil & sweat

we are tender
rockets burning clover
& hyssop through our abdomens

feral princesses wild & nasty
with love

all the women (in all the world)
are all the rape victims
of my dreams (in my dreams)
they sit
on the other side (of a table trying)
to explain
themselves
to a nodding
(& faceless)
man

our vaginas are not damsels in distress
they mouth the word souf with an f
& sing the triumphant blues

nasty women
licking our pre-wounds before they ooze

pinning up our heart-centers
to push our shoulders back

singing the aria
of dreambabydream

& holding all the damaged
light

1-1Laura Winberry. Graduate of the OSU-Cascades Low-Res MFA Program. Professional cyclocross racer. Booty shaker. Snow eater. Drawer of things.

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