Uranus and Other
Poems from Annie
Uranus
my anus
points east
hands reaching
for tender weeds
sun sweats the body
why the taboo and shunning of the anus?
great attention to the mouth: talking
eating kissing smiling
we focus on gesture and taking in food
and then ignore it's passage (unless painful)
and remain silent on the subject of defecation
is this gross?
expletives throw out shit and fuck feelings of
vast irritation and rejection
ah but the women
who give birth are aware of vast power
of the uterus strongest muscle of the body
surging into action after 20 (?) years of dormancy
working relentlessly powered by hormones keyed
intimately to survival of individual and species
pumping pushing wringing out its walls
ejecting the baby because of a signal
the baby secreted
this great shitting, a birth;
awesome past the edge of the possible into the unknown depth/height of
exertion/sensation/emotion
birthing affects ur anus
- Anne Whitefield
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998
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Sing to Me of Swimming
...and I'll serenade you with tales of
the deep forest, alive with birdcalls,
salamanders and lushgreen nettle, jewelweed,
smoke vine, trillium, wild cohosh and its
thousand cousins where runs West Coon Patch Branch
delivering water to our resevoir which
also collects silt in it's bottom and requires
we siphon it out twice a year. in the summer siphoning
is fun and cool getting wet on a hot day. John
balanced on the roof of the resevoir, leaning down
to work the siphon hose, *slipped* and fell
headfirst into the tank but caught himself by
the knees: "Help!" he said quietly but urgently
and i scrambled up the hill, adreneline pumping,
caught by vines and freed by desparation, grabbing
his bib overalls and hefting him up so he could
get an arm out and pull up. whew
took me a few minutes to get collected
but he had a cool head <s>
and luckily his hat didn't sink
annie who loves you
and wants vicariously to swim
- Anne Whitefield
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998
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