21 July, 2026

Anew

Rosemarie Kuenn

 

I am the opposite of a warning—

Zeus, I am, child in my skull:

Birthing my self, 

Lacking epic, epidural.

Jettison the shell, take off 

The inhibitions.

Lost in my own velocity,

It forces itself upon me: 

Madonna Whore.

I will not be underestimated

Anymore.

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