there was a wham and bam
but no thank you ma’am.
I should have protested
but how does one cry out
from the sodden synapses
of brain steeped
in collegiate excess
and marinated in good-girl
acquiescence?
I chop at the roots
of agglutinant shame
that grew a little more
intransigent with each
midnight- egging “why?”
I gnaw at noxious rhizomes
planted in schoolgirl lessons
\strategies to safeguard sanctity\
when my sexuality
nascent and unfettered
could turn
-rapier in heat –
weaponized
prick against me.
I cuss a blue streak
\my warrior midlife self\
at Victorian misogynistic notions
that swaddled me in responsibility
for those who strained
to strip me.
swear mightily as I may
I can’t drown out
the habitual penitent on kneelers
\perseverating\
should I have asked him
to go for hamburgers?
Aurora Phoenix is a wordsmithing oxymoron. Staid suburbanite cloaks a badass warrior wielding weapon grade phrases. Read more of her confabulations at Insights from “Inside.”
Reblogged this on RamJet Poetry and commented:
beat that shit down AP
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Beat down in process
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You are such a mad word wizard AP! Dazzling.
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Thank you Christine! Sometimes words are my best friends 🙂
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Reblogged this on Brave & Reckless and commented:
Aurora Phoenix on Sudden Denouement
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Hot damn!!
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Thank you!
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Reblogged this on Insights from "Inside" and commented:
My most recent piece on SD.
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“I chop at the roots
of agglutinant shame
that grew a little more
intransigent with each
midnight- egging “why?””
WOW!
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Thank you so much Henna 🙂
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weaponized prick against me –
that line I’ll remember.
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LOL Sam thank you! 🙂
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One of my favorites here too.
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Thank you!
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“I cuss a blue streak” Damn it, you’re brilliant! ❤
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Ah thank you my friend.
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❤ ❤ ❤
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“how does one cry out”
Amidst the chaos, this cry reached me intact x
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Thank you Nicholas !
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