Cerebral Confines
A Woman's Defence

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All I Can Do Is Wait
A Woman's Defence
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The Blank Stares of Celibacy
Broken
Claudia
Firewalking
Forgive Me If I Seem Startled
Headless
Laden
Legion
Lustre
Ne Plus Ultra
Odium
The Only God
Passport Photo
Playing God
Pornocracy
Psycho Cafe/Nova Jane
Reinventing The Damned
Requiem for a Fallen Angel
Sex For Salvation
Shampoo
So Dirty
Soiled
Some Angels Carry Guns
Suicide Star
The Symmetry of the Flesh
The Symmetry of the Flesh (Final)
Turning The Kiss
Vertigo Heart
Vice
World Piece

Stereotypical male
with a sheepish grin
standing
stalking
right behind me.

I will not run,
I am not afraid!

He grabs for me,
spins me around
to smell his smile
and soak in his presence -
what a feeling of apathy
we give each other
in different forms.

He pulls at my clothes.
I try to resist
but my efforts are useless -
his chemistry overpowers me
does he enjoy these little power trips?

I am naked before him,
shivering
from the wind.
I am not as vulnerable
as I appear.

I have a poison
I will be happy to share with him...
knock me down
throw me down
climb on! climb on!

I am down.
Move in...
Enter me...
he gives me all he has
completely ignorant
to all that I have

He laughs.
He thinks he has won.

He withdraws
from my person
and covers his shame.

'Was it good for you?' he asks.

I wipe a tear from my eye.
'No,' I whisper.

He laughs again
and begins to leave.

'You are a brave man,' I call after him,
'Raping someone with AIDS...'


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