[“I considered myself without shame… albinos aren’t reproached for having pink eyes and whitish hair; why should they hold it against me for being lesbian? My queerness isn’t a vice, isn’t deliberate, and harms no one.”- Natalie Barney, 1899]
written by men
essentially to excite,
alarm,
degrade
men mystified
men tolerate
allocate
a training ground,
an outlet.
Whatever two women
might do,
they could not
really fuck
appalling ignorance
enlarged clitoris
from female-female
sexual relations
God forbid,
the Lesbian,
the Sapphic
the Tommy
alien
unthinkable
congenital anomaly
maybe childhood stress
maybe unresolved arguments
maybe degenerate
or maybe
we’re all born
bisexual
categorized
like burns
like felonies
by degrees of masculinity
of the true lesbian
fucking needs penetration
smug postulations flop:
we can penetrate ourselves
introduce the Contemporary Female
we bested you
passed as you
took your jobs
wed your women
permeated your culture;
they write about us
devoid of shame
as the albino
isn’t berated
for pale skin
so the lesbian
shouldn’t be discriminated
queerness is no vice,
it isn’t deliberate
the erotic lives of women together
Oh yes. I really like it. Except for "maybe childhood stress... or maybe we're all born bisexual." Something about it doesn't flow right to me.. I dunno. Maybe I'm crazy? Other than that, I really love it a whole bunch :) Stellar job, woman.
ReplyDeleteOk, I messed with the line breaking. Because when I read it it sounded alright but I was putting in my own pauses. So thank you for pointing that out, dear :)
ReplyDeleteYou're quite welcome :)
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