procrastination again...

I should be making flash cards for my Intro to Law midterm...but I wrote a poem instead. It is about half an hour old, so it hasn't been edited and prettied up. Honestly, I needed the poetry. We had an activity in class that required standing in front of the class, speaking and answering questions. My anxiety levels were very high maybe a 6-7. I read a bit of Bukowski to calm down as he is what I had on hand, and he is well good.

I really should make those flash cards, so I think the next few hours will be dedicated to writing or reading poems...

new poem (nice title huh)

I am a woman so I should
write about my uterus
or my vagina
or my vulva if you want to be correct
some body part that isn’t a man’s
because that is my unique world view.

I could write about birthing children
or things my children do
or don’t do
because they came out of my uterus, cervix, and vagina
or vulva if you want to hyper correct.

I could write about love and men,
or women
but only if there are romantic and sexual tones,
(think of your uterus and vagina,
not vulva, it isn’t a sexy word)
because editors and publishers
don’t want to read about sisterhood
it isn’t the 1970’s you know.
And I am not black
so “sista” hood
isn’t in my world view

(I am brown
and that open a few
more possibilities)

And even if you manage to write like a poem like a man
your vagina, no vulva, it’s academia
will find its way into the poem .
When a professor points to your name and sex
“How does her world view as a woman shape the themes of this poem?”