marlene mountain
poems
1979-1980s
october 28 1981

 

a poem, woman

that
20c off
coupon
you clipped
and
forgot
to use
and
remembered
at the oddest
times
and
chastised yourself
over and
forgot again
standing
looking right
at the
product
and when
you did remember
it was
out-of-date a week
but then you
clipped a bunch
more and
used them
and
felt good
saving 160c
about yourself:
you did?
you instead
could
have
written
a poem, woman.
yes, you can.
you
could have written
i'm wasting my time
that's
a poem, woman
you
could have written
i'm wasting my energy
that's
a poem, woman
i'm wasting my mind
that's a good
poem
woman

 

Rebirth of Artemis 2:7 1987;
The Beltane Paper's Octava 1:7 1987

 

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