Bodies of Flesh, Bodies of Knowledge

Bodies of Flesh Bodies of Knowledge Practice – getting naked – having sex Bodies of Flesh Bodies of Knowledge Practice – getting naked – having sex Removal – Exposure – Vulnerability Develop heels into toughness Of femme solidarity Bodies of Flesh Bodies of Knowledge Practice – getting naked – having sex Superficial—Markers—that fuel felt power When love and intimacy Is the true vulnerability Bodies of Flesh Bodies of Knowledge Practice – getting naked – having sex Degraded –Weakened– Angry we turn To righteousness But fear to risk -- What can we imagine In our mind’s eye Obsessed with ownership Guilt and shame to appropriate? Can we not imagine A story we don’t have to own We are all queer We are all whores We are BLOOD-- Disempowered by our flesh Waitress Stripper Porn Star Whore And the world will never look the same And the world … the world Will never Look the same!