Beer & Bossa Nova

Faye Antonia Hays
Aug 25, 2017 · 1 min read

Is beautiful ever bad?
Is ugly ever good?
Is oppression ever poetic?
Is poetry ever sovereign?

Is domination ever feminine?
Is woman ever violent?
Is violence ever organic?
Is nature ever destructive?

Is destruction ever sustainable?
Is sustenance ever suppressive?
Is suppression ever democratic?
Is the communal ever schizophrenic?

Is fragmentation ever corporeal?
Is the body ever artificial?
Is artifice ever honest?
Is honesty ever crippling?

Is disfigurement ever erotic?
Is Eros ever unhealthy?
Is sickness ever colorful?
Is color ever maddening?

Is insanity ever balanced?
Is equilibrium ever debilitating?
Is impairment ever productive?
Is knowledge ever thinkable?

Is taboo ever vital?
Is life ever true?
Is truth ever singular?
Am I ever you?

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Faye Antonia Hays
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