
Take a woman whole,
Fully clothed,
Jean skirt
T-shirt
Vessel of dignity,
Inner beauty
Place her before you.
Adjust,
Just like that.
Take your calloused fingers,
Run them along
The soft contours of her body
Pull out your sharp tongue
Blade-edge scrape her psyche
Draw a little blood
Watch it trickle,
Stain.
Smirk.
Witness her t- fall
Lacy bra reveal
Nipples-’neath-B-cup pucker,
Shoulders hunched
Head down cast
Take a woman whole,
Topless
Dignity-cracked,
Plant her in window
Houseplant
Light-catcher.
Feel bigger
Notice.
How the shadows cast by light
window-welcomed
Play across her skin,
Creep,
Hide in myriad crevices,
Drift amidst skin flaps.
Grab magnify-glass
Hold it up
Gaze upon exposed flesh,
Seeing-eye made giant
Scowl.
Sneer.
Call her
-Ugly
-Old
-Used-up, washed out
Inhale satisfaction as her
Denim drops
Piles around ankles
Lacy undies, size L, revealed
Snort,
Pig-disgust,
Watch her
Concave
Try to hide
What cannot be hidden
Nor forgotten
Grunt.
Take a woman
Whole
Partial-naked, bra and panties
Perch her in street corner
Giggle at the gawkers who gather to see the way the light chases shadows around the contours of her body
“Speak,” you command
“Perform”.
Guffaw when her mouth opens,
Lets out,
Silence.
“See?
Women ought to remain silent
They have nothing worth hearing to say.”
Watch.
See yourself
Strip her
Rip her
Cast her bare,
“Your Handiwork”.
Take a woman naked
Broken
Dignity-drained
And watch her disappear.
