Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 18:03:34 -0500
From: owner-sa-cyborgs-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu (by way of radhika gajjala <radhika-AT-cyberdiva.org>)
Subject: 


From: "Jaspal Singh" <jaspaljoth-AT-hotmail.com>
To: sa-cyborgs-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
Subject: Re:
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003 07:28:31 -0800


These lines of poetry are so beautiful and powerful; thanks for sharing.

jaspal

 >From: radhika gajjala
 >Reply-To: sa-cyborgs-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
 >To: sa-cyborgs-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
 >Subject: Re:
 >Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 20:11:12 -0500
 >
 >and then
 >
 >she heard the goddesses being invoked
 >in the name
 >
 >of the oppressors
 >
 > as they tried to tell her of the virtues of
 >womanhood
 >
 >coding
 > shaping
 >
 >disciplining
 >
 > so the goddess would serve them
 >
 >at the expense of her own self-respect
 >
 > she lay watching the shadows of the clouds drift by
 >on the ground covered with blankets of snow
 >
 >contemplating the dilemma of invoking gods and goddesses
 >
 >as the elixir turned sour....
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >At 08:41 AM 2/3/2003 -0500, you wrote:
 >
 >
 >>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
 >>
 >>_______________________
 >>http://www.cyberdiva.org
 >>
 >>
 >
 >Radhika Gajjala
 >
 >_______________________
 >http://www.cyberdiva.org
 >
 >


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