Sharon May I say doubly outstanding poem? Cheers P
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Subject: Woman Kills Boyfriend With Breasts
*Woman Kills Boyfriend With Breasts
[News headlines 16 January 2013]
at attention, stiff in their uniform
always they preceded me
flags of a foreign country
heralding my arrival before
the rest of me entered the room
harnessed like oxen
buried beneath turtlenecks and vests
caged in nets of wire and lace
pliable, they complied with the style
of the day, pointed like armor
or softly curved like cushions
like pears or apples or melons
nipples concealed or coyly
barely pushing against thin
cotton or silk or satin
released at night
in the valleys of sleep
set free on the fields of love
tongued and bitten and kneaded
like dough
taunted by gangs of boys
and men from sidewalks
and cars, groped in offices
and classrooms, brushed up
against in crowded rooms
too often I slept behind them
as they were held, contained
in the greedy hands of lovers
claimed like fish in a trap
fighting to breathe
I'm up here
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