“Leaks, premature withdrawals, and keeping number two in the dark. An unsurprising start of an administration full of dicks and bullshit.”
–Amanda Gailey, Facebook
So much depends upon
who’s in charge.
Their opinions guide,
their foibles and failings
justify our own.
Words and examples become,
if not law, then reason
or lack of it.
Now, our own Pussy-
Grabber-in-Chief justifies
reducing women
to an empty vessel
awaiting the sacred jizz
(in whatever orifice,
willingly or unwillingly)
to be made whole and holy.
So they think.
Listen up, you tools:
You owe her—
that woman who hauled you around
for nine months,
you nutrient-grubbing parasite,
sitting on her bladder,
kicking her in the stomach at 3 AM,
tearing her open
in your frenzy
to escape,
but doomed to dependency
and forever resentful.
If she is a mere host, then
that’s what you were —
some tapeworm or fungus,
warping her brain chemistry
for your own survival
like something she’d catch
from cleaning the litter box.
And if you think we have no power,
no agency of our own,
we’ll be happy to knit you
a pussy hat
from your own entrails.
–February 17, 2017, Harlem, New York
