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Recorded Reading (1:20): https://www.dropbox.com/s/cmwxp6qf3k6ljxs/a%20savage.mp3?dl=0

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a savage

a “primitive” woman
is scandalized

to discover
that caucasian “ladies”
remove at early evening
almost all of the clothing
which decently
disguises them in daytime,
appearing before everyone
(with their hair all exposed too)
in something called a
cocktail dress

she herself, of course,
as any self respecting
married woman would,
checks to insure the trimness
of her decently shaven head
and,
donning extra layers
of intricately woven grass skirt,
ornaments the whole in
cloaking red ochre

clear it is to her
that caucasian woman knows not
the difference
between right and wrong

incapable of any social subtlety

she can safely
and accurately
be called
a

savage

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Homeless until removal of the stalker/targeter/vandal/arsonist following her allows her to approach any landlord ~ even for a private parking space ~ this poet presently lives under perpetual threat of towing with all possessions should her 23-year-old van stop running for any reason.

She is badly in need of a modest reserve with which to field any emergency which might occur.

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