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You mean she didn't kill him because he had breasts? I must have misunderstood the headline. -----Original Message----- >From: Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Jan 21, 2013 4:23 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Woman Kills Boyfriend With Breasts > >Sharon May I say doubly outstanding poem? Cheers P > >-----Original Message----- >From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On >Behalf Of sharon brogan >Sent: 19 January 2013 18:00 >To: [log in to unmask] >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 > >* > >-- >sharon brogan >http://www.sbpoet.com >http://www.sbpoet.net >http://smallpoems.sbpoet.net >406.578.1788