woman sends man to war
in the name of god almighty.
it began with that apple, you know.
the woman feels first, eats first--
and changes the
world completely.
bleeding man, rib missing,
rises raging
from mother earth,
hard on
for all against him.
pendulum; raised to a height
& cocked at the right
strains loose and
falls heavy
on the head of
woman.
man,
balanced warily on her throat, mourns
what he can still see
but no longer reach in her.
from the dirt, woman rises
and learns to love herself, without permission.
and in that action
the world is born yet again.
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