Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 08:41:08 -0500
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you do not get to sexualize me

thought anasuya

as she saw the wise trimurtis

turn into horny teenagers

leering

for
getting
their knowledge and wisdom

dis-connecting their bodies from their minds

in selfish short-sighted momentary
immaturity

turning them into adults for her

was a mind trick

turning them into her children as she transformed her image into that of
innocence

was a body trick

she saved face for them
as
she saved her dignity

continuing to dialogue with them

on matters of great importance

                         you do not get to sexualize me

you do not get to contain my labor in domestic spaces

anasuya expressed the profound in the very
ladling
of the food

                 every morsel they would eat would tell them truths they 
did not perceive
through their egotistic Manly performances

serving them with humility
as
they showed their
insecurity
in her presence by trying to
contain her

brilliance in domestic spaces
and
sexualizing her

she transformed her mind and body in clever ways
turning them into babies

her immature children

with
                 the power of durga
                 the power of kali
                         the power of the mother

and she faded into the skies in a moment of glory.

....

Radhika Gajjala

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