55 minutes | May 13, 2021

Bonus: Sappho, Enheduanna and the lesbian movement with Judy Grahn

am I not   olden

olden olden it is unwanted.


wanting, wanting

am I not   broken

stolen   common


am I not crinkled cranky poison

am I not glinty-eyed and frozen


am I not   aged

shaky   glazing

am I not   hazy

guarded   craven


am I not   only

stingy   little

am I not   simple

brittle   spitting


was I not   over

over   ridden?


it is a long story

will you be proud to be my version?


it is unwritten.


writing, writing

am I not   ancient

raging   patient


am I not   able

charming   stable

was I not   building

forming   braving


was I not   ruling

guiding   naming

was I not   brazen

crazy   chosen


even the stones would do my bidding?


it is a long story

am I not proud to be your version?


it is unspoken.


speaking, speaking

am I not   elder

berry

brandy


are you not wine before you find me in your own beaker?


- Slowly: a plainsong from an older woman to a younger woman Judy Grahn


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