inspired by ezra pound & radio lab

O stupid queen!
For thinking of the past
as anything other
than a trap
for women,
a time that calls you
a disease.
I drop my head
into a bath
heated most modernly.
My chin-length hair
floats away.
Your voice does too.

This entry was written by Elaine, posted on 10/20/2006 at October 20, 2006, filed under General, poems. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.

3 Comments

  1. Mike Mc
    Posted 10/20/2006 at October 20, 2006 | Permalink

    You raise some interesting questions, questions that make a guy think. Hope the hair doesn’t float too far away.

  2. Dennis
    Posted 10/21/2006 at October 21, 2006 | Permalink

    I like how you captured the tension between who we were and who we are becoming. It’s a wonderful archetypal theme. You break the tension with “most modernly” and it floats away (yet again). Beautiful!
    Dennis –

  3. derek
    Posted 12/14/2006 at December 14, 2006 | Permalink

    I appreciate this poem because it highlights the fact that all old days aren’t necessarily good ones especially for women.

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