lundi 18 janvier 2016

For Kristy Cons 'Identities' Exhibition, ArtSpace, Chatham

This is Woman
On the occasion of artist Kristy Cons’ exhibit, “Identities” (January 23, 2016)


“Fatty!” the tosser-lescents
shame me,
their fellow female,
as I trot by,
trying to lose this excess.
Why bother?

Underwear cutting
  soft flesh;
foolish– like a circus
bear on a tricycle-
rolls at War with the worlds
around,
but I don’t have to be:

I will paint my nails black.
Stand on my head.
Jump rope (even double-dutch
if I so please).
I will wear square specs, and
let my long, luxurious
Big
Hair go,
down
stroking over those
skinny stragglers that
prod and
poke.

I will ride
My big butt
by.
Because this is
woman.


- Kara Smith, poet Ghobhainn

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