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teen ads directory | tour (video) | underpants directory | videos, films directory | washable padsMore poetry: Dr. Michael Abramson's poetry, "timeless," by Joe Davis

This poem is part of a collection of poems about women's midlife years entitled "Crossing the Center Line," forthcoming from Sweet Annie Press later this year (2002). Read her "A Death in the Family." More poetry "Tribute to Today" by Ellaraine Lockie   One day drains into the next With vaginal open vein gushes Hourly performances predictable as Old Faithful That leave souvenir stains suggesting a psychotic break with brick-red acrylics Acted out on clothing couches, car seats A midnight murder scene marked with discolored sheets and blood-covered cat Or maybe a pre Row versus Wade abortion Instead of the perimenopausal molting that imperils my health Imposing ultrasound waves biopsies and impending anemia False alarms triggering the end of self-absorption And sounding appreciation for present rather than past When I would have knitted sanitary napkins Washed rags, worn grass Or inserted cotton seeds Segregated in a menstrual hut Where ignorance invoked shame of even polite periods And mutant menses would have meant constant castigation Instead of temporary treason by body in transition More poetry

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