A Voluptuous Dream During an Eclipse
By Elaine Kahn
Rotten, he says, motherly
how could you miss that
Like a ragamuffin with no eyes
his body has a dark spot
Like doing laundry all day long
he is being nowhere
Cottage cheese runs out his mouth
Another one and another one
that doll can crawl
his insides like an awning
Motherly if mother
mother as if spread
If I could break
the hymen of his ear with
I can't stand you
I won't say a thing and I won't notice
god you are
the softest
kind of jerk
and yesterday is gone
and I had nothing to do with it
Copyright Credit: Elaine Kahn, "Adult Acne" from Women in Public. Copyright © 2015 by Elaine Kahn. Reprinted by permission of City Lights Books.
Source: Women in Public (City Lights Books, 2015)