Wednesday, November 16, 2011

there will be blood

sometimes I imagine what a war
between female sanitary products
might be like—

tampons whip their flagella
furiously in the wind

and
the maxi-pad flaps
its wings low to the ground,
a manta-ray shadow skimming
the surface of the earth

the napkin lows like a bull
as a tampon spears it
with a plastic applicator
it sinks to its padded knees
from it pours the red badge
of courage
and so bravely in the face of death
does the pad moo,

that even the tampon raises
one cottony-fingered salute

taps plays in the distance

--damn, a girl says to herself
later, her pants around her ankles
--where the fuck did all this blood come
from

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