I am no rib
from your waistline
but an ocean;
no frail, hollow,
whistling bone
but a nail;
rusting, I open
fiercely into voids
expanding and holding
deeply, elemental;
a fearsome silent howl
in the funnel
of a force five wind;
you may tack around
but never through me
fear and never ford
the river of blood red wine
bubbling, like molten lava
just beneath my mantle;
knowledge of me
will surely burn you,
so beware…
In honor of all of the women who pushed for equality and the right to vote in this country. Yesterday was the anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, this anniversary really means something to me...
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