I Had a Man
Today when I was walking I had a man tell me as he passed That I was a white bitch (he was white) And to not look at him Or he was going to “fuck me in my little butthole” I wandered away Who is to say I think I am a white bitch My butt is big But I believe my butthole is little This violence that we put on women I don’t think it’s crazy Someone I know said “Oh, that man was crazy” I don’t think he was crazy Maybe he could tell I had a look in my eye That wasn’t crazy anymore Maybe he could feel the wild cool blood in me And it frightened him Maybe he knew I was the same as him But had been born with this kind face and eyes Doughlike appurtenances What about the day I left What happened then Dark bird barreling down upon me In the gentle air, to take me in his beak Pink and patterned house Never-ending sister speech To go along the coaster and never return To never repeat Did that one bitter eye know I have a voice To say what my words have done to me That unkind wind that blew th...
