Women and Nature

A Poem

I know much less about it than you do did you see me over there waiting for the last train [I felt, so overdone] electric and eerily stupid he said and buttoned up his mouth to listen to her: a dog barked in revolt so it was amusing to say if not nothing worthwhile every sense can happen so quickly see, touch, taste, smell, hear where’s remember-a the senses a forest a wood a small wood a wilderness wood she said to other women it would be different if it were you a summer evening a fall day a winter’s fay a spring piano riff a long along a key board to an old Mac processor typing on that you loved and kissed me on the parquet floor play faster dear love Come back eat, eat I brought lunch I brought the feeling that gets stronger thanks Beatrice thanks thanks thanks we’ll walk across campus want that need desires leave it to the men to take that on they’ll have it their way in the news papers what is one supposed to do but forget about it reach out to take care of something in need an animal without words an escalator painted by a woman in Cologne in another time another age we will look good together they said with one voice saplings, jazz flamed foreign skies she said she chooses to make it better ballet was always on their minds they agree she never even had to think about it not once came as natural as washing your hair sewing your fingers together with needles 2walking on air I wanna go on walk on air I heard you through the walls I wanna go women women women know know nature know knows what a thing a miraculous thing I thought of you how could I not think of you Charlotte Maria April she said Rachel Janisse Fleur Virginia Simone I thought of you and you and you sending out a message beyond thousands, familiar cosmos sing with me with sirens unwilling telling men it’s not too late it’s too much more than this antelope sheep zebra lilac mud pie butter men churning butter melting men churning butter pray for wishing women save you all the boys you’ve loved before and all the women you love as before all the plants and animals season to season hip to jowl you’re young we’re so young in all the places sick world can’t get to we’re never believing in you, you are past sickness ghastly gnarly gnarled and we can’t help you not with that just ask Carla Dupont Freedom Lacey Bernice Sam and Belle Sam and Belle she said yeah me neither take it go ahead and try to fail you will you are way too high why can’t you see this open your bleeding eyes to understand how to survive on your own you can’t you won’t you don’t know how you can take my hand little shit when I say it’s fine it’s fine it’s fine i’ve got a letter to write and the arts need rain she said I make rain rain rain on your face down to your shoes me me me looking at you I’m making rain see this rain it’s just getting started the more rain I make your wish come true up like birds through the rain up like I have always been tell the gods I’m coming a bicycle pulling a train of answers and my piglet is coming with me trailing behind lackadaisical without any sweet, old cares