Distorted Siren

Slice me open and lay all my parts

onto the table    examine my liver

soaked through with alcohol      my spine - rotten to the root

look closely at the uterus that has pushed out angels       and devils

in mad mating

we lost track of which were which      doesn’t matter anyhow

because you’re onto the foot that kicked the shit

out of every fucker to allow an unscathed journey

the hand that’s veiny     and yellowed      it’s a man’s hand you say

perhaps it is

the one piece of me besides the rib that your forefathers passed on

the eye      paled blue

almost grey now in a long last look

at what makes you tick      you examine my teeth

white and aligned       nice job

they did up there somewhere you say

you look at the ears      and the nose

pull apart

my heart

it’s a crux of layers

the part of me you saved for last      the crème de la crème

you suck the marrow

from the finest of bone

I’m all cut up

pieces galore yet still

I germ back into

body

manifesting

myself

raving bitch

reborn

 

--Donna Dallas