@3Did she put on his knowledge with his power...?@1 W.B. Yeats I stand for approval in my new cashmere cat-fur dress. A woman friend nods a blessing and says, "But the bow at the neck must be softer, like this, so they will know one tug undoes all." I turn to our reflections and recognize the tie of seduction. But there is another kind of dressing - George Sand, licensed by borrowed trousers, opens her stride beyond the hem of her sex. I pull your red turtleneck down my body, heating your male odor from the fabric, which hugs me ribbing to rib. Whether I put on your knowledge with the power of your costume or I realize my knowledge maled in the appearance of your power, the core of my womanhood struts rib to rib in this pullover as I wear it into my scent. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHAMBER MUSIC: 12 by JAMES JOYCE JANGLING MEMORY by KATHERINE MANSFIELD AN EXPATIATION ON THE COMBINING OF WEATHERS AT THIRTY .... by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE MOUNTAIN by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE BLACK RUNNER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE WILLOW by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON MATER AMABILIS by EMMA LAZARUS |