Recommendation: Bootleg Poems
Selena Anne (but Andy works, too) recommends…
Two books that have poems and photos that have something to do with transgender exploration
Here is a whimsical, yet serious, poem from my book:
THE SATIN TREE
In Siberia
there is a tree
that oozes satin
Russian cross-dressers
make the arduous journey there
to pray and bathe
in its glory
One day
a man in angelic drag
cried out,
“There is no satin tree,
it is a fake”
“Pay no attention to him,”
said a soldier
in black bra and matching tap pants,
“his stockings have runs,
his wig is in tangles,
and his wings are made of cardboard”
“Still we must investigate,”
said a government official
in towering heels,
he took samples of the ooze
and headed back to Moscow
On his way back home,
the ooze seeped
out of his bag,
onto the streets,
underneath doorways,
and into master bedrooms
Even though
it was the dead of winter,
a strange joy
hovered over Moscow
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March 22nd, 2014 at 3:56 pm |
Ooh, I like this.
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