this is for all of us women who understand all too well
... and for the men who still won't!
D. M. Z_________________________________________
i no longer NOTICE
that line between demilitarized zones
when the mood changes swings bite your head leave me alone i want
ben & jerry......ANYTHING with chocolate
when the cramps and the lower backache
started one week prior to and lasted until one week later,
the super-cramps would last the first two to three days;
doubled-over, heating pad-pain in my tire in training
pain in my head
cigarettes, my vice
my lover my illness my desire my death
my
hallelujah
i no longer NOTICE.
that line has widened.
i'm like THAT
all the time.
in a warm womb papal robe
hanging one arm at my side along my leg
head leaning down becomes arm
i can blink i can breathe
i cry
wait
for this conflict to end
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