This week's theme is: body.
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Showgirl
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Dear Eve, I am sorry
To hear of your untimely
Fall. I do so hope you
Are recovering.
It's a tough world
Out there, Eve, darling.
There's a whole pack
Of girls -- Jezebel, Delilah,
Salome, Magdalene --
Who are pretty pissed, and
Sure it's you that created their
Beautiful mess.
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They're walking the blame finger
Backward down the path of evil
And it's winding its wild way
Back to you.
It's fine, though. This month, when
The rent is due and I can't pay, it's fine: I'll
Call that "art photographer" I know
And he'll be glad to give me work.
It's kinda nice, I guess,
(I should feel grateful) that in these
Last few moments before
Age disintegrates me, I'm still
Valuable, Eve. I can always be
Adam's lovely showgirl, his sanctuary
His fantasy, his harbor of reproach.
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Thanks to New Haven artist Tristan Robin Blakeman. His work is available for sale on Etsy.com
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What's the BIG QUESTION series? I ask a one BIG question, and let friends, writers, commenters, have their say. This month's question is on food: "What is Eating You?" Find it at my blog, "Letters from a Small State." See you there!
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