Playing the Feminine
Explorations in womanhood
Exile From Eden
Playing the Feminine



Explorations in womanhood
I. [My body is patterned with relics]
II. [And smile lines deeper than the ocean]
III. [And knots tighter than any alibi]
IV. [I am constantly scouring the earth for a story]
V. [If I get an idea I will try it on]
VI. [And for a moment I am someplace else]
VII. [Once every month I will throw a tantrum]
VIII. [And crouch beneath what feels to be the weight of the world]
IX. [Then the next day the blood will flow and I'll say "Ah, so that's what it was all about]
X. [I have been acting the role of myself for such a great length of time]
XI. [I have finally become her]
XII. [Though I think womanhood itself is but an act]