Sunday, 19 January 2020

In Response to Tabloid Media Portrayal of Women

Kate

The drunken servant becomes the lord. Show him
your spirit and let him misinterpret you.
The play within the play becomes the street
outside your door and what you believe
is not important to those who want
an entertainment.

They think a woman can be successfully managed.
A defiant and beautiful Kate tamed, obedient
to the brokers of celebrity—you are their leading lady
a chattel, their household goods
their barn their horse their ox their ass
their any thing at any time
their frown or smile preserved in pixels
rain or shine.

Clowns will tell you the moon is the sun.
You must say it too. What they believe
is not important to you as you become
the princess who will learn
how to manage them.

The princess is the woman becoming her earth
her fire, her water, as the sun and moon
reveal themselves in endless play
unmanageable.

(Infinite Power, Ekstasis 2016)

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