If you are a woman, you already do.
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My body betrays me
every month,
sometimes twice.
I cannot count the days
because my internal calendar
seems to have slipped out with
everything else that seeps
around and into cotton weave
in the dark parts of the day.
I sit in a small stall
my knees kissing the door
angry at the bright stain there
despite all the necessary and
supposedly sufficient measures taken
to staunch
this generous cave within me.
I wash my hands, scrubbing and soaping,
because it is everywhere
under my fingernails and on my thumb
even at my wrist.
I cry while the water runs in the sink
because I still do not feel clean.
It's too much, I whisper.
It pushes against me
eager to escape.
I cannot keep it underneath me.
It spreads out around me
like a heavy crimson cape.
There's nothing left to do
except to yell at everyone all day
and kick the copying machine.
That is AWESOME! I mean, I feel for you, I really do, because sometime twice a month? Dude. But the poem? Awesomeness.
ReplyDeleteAlso? You seriously need to get on the pill honey. Regulate all those little flow problems. Or even better, do what I do and skip the placebo pills and only have one 4 times a year.
Girl, I am about to go on a 6 month honeymoon and I'm not seeing a period the entire time!! Woohoo! So this was the last one and I feel like my body knew that and decided to show me who's boss.
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