Killer poem, Sharon. Very up.
Bill
On 20/01/2013, at 4:59 AM, sharon brogan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> *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
>
> *
>
> --
> sharon brogan
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