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DESCARADA DESVERGONZADA
soy una de las verdaderas desvergonzadas;
no tengo vergüenza;
fui ama de casa, y
me extendí desde la condición de casa (hus)
y la condición de esposa (wif/hus-wif) hasta
una mujer que no puede soportar ser esposa (hussy) /
crecí más allá de la casa, como Alicia después de comer
demasiadas galletas. exactamente lo que hice; comí
demasiadas galletas; amantes, poesía, mover mi
cuerpo de una manera nueva, una manera antigua, la manera en que las mujeres
como yo siempre nos hemos movido, en gran medida; con grandes
movimientos más allá de nuestra esfera asignada, con más
necesidad que miedo y más gracia que vergüenza.
SHAMELESS HUSSY
i am one of the true hussies;
i have no shame;
i was a housewife, and
stretched from the housiness of it (hus)
and the wifiness of (wif/hus-wif) to
a woman who cant bear wifedom (hussy) / i
grew beyond the house, like alice after eating
too many cookies. exactly what i did; i ate
too many cookies; lovers, poetry, moving my
body in a new way, an old way, the way women
like me have always moved, largely; with great
motions beyond our allotted sphere, with more
need than fear, and more grace than shame.
(de The Shameless Hussy, Selected Stories, Essays and Poetry
New York: Crossing Press, 1980)
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The Shameless Hussy, Selected Stories, Essays and Poetry New York: Crossing Press: feminist series, 1980 |
B O N U S T R A C K
EURIDICE
all the male poets write of orpheus
as if they look back & expect
to find me walking patiently
behing them. they claim i fell into hell.
damn them, i say.
i stand in my own pain
& sing my own song.
ANYBODY COULD WRITE THIS POEM.
ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY IS YES.
i'm happy.
could a poem be a cup
to pour our joy into?
you rubbing my hairy leg
& making me giggle
all our happy teeth
&tasting like love juice
& apples & bananas &
cheese & salami
we could do this over & over
& feel good over & over
the hot joy spilling
puddles on the bed, the rug,
the back yard, the earth
happy with us, needing our joy
& yes we say & we say yes
you whisper yesyesyes yes
yes. & yes.
& you feel good yes
& the hollow in yr shoulder
& i'm hungry for you yes
& yes. yes.
& why quit now whn we could
say yes again why stop now
when we could yes why no when yes
love yes love yes love yes
earth. life. children. love.
yes. & yes to night & yes to
day to wake up & say yes.
the holy affirmation.
to wake up wanting to be alive.
(de No visible means of support, Shameless Hussy Press)
Alta Gerrey
(Reno, Nevada, 1942 - Oakland, EE.UU., 2024)
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