Famous / Did I Say The World Was Fair? / Male Privilege Applies To God Too
Famous
Am I a celebrity now? I cried
When I had placed pink feathered boas around my neck
I choked on sparkles at the age of six
Begging for my mom to confirm that I looked like
Some actress or other
The pink tights had wound around my legs like ivy
Up to my chubby waist squeezing in the fat that I was ashamed to have
Age thirteen was the double digits
And the double C cup
Not because I had grown into them but because I liked wearing them
My first apple phone was meant for pictures I took
In the too-big bras because I no longer wore the pink feathered boas
To cover myself up
Naked was the new fashion
And models the new celebrities
Sixteen was when I shed the bra
Legs wide open sprayed with sugar perfume
Welcoming the boys who thought they were men
Humankind turned from human to animal
Cheetah was the new pattern that
Celebrities wore
When seventeen came along I had no more to shed
So I shed my skin
The boys had already dissected me like the frog they were told to dissect
In biology
So I shed
Like the boa constrictor I grew up as
Jaws unhinged to devour the latest tabloids
Because I lived off celebrities’ style
Until I too became empty like them
Did I Say the World Was Fair?
In a properly
organized
society
like ours,
nobody has any opportunities for being noble or heroic.
We don’t need human intelligence
For all men are physio–chemically equal
But of course, some are more equal than others
For everybody’s happy nowadays
Born straight from the depths of a nonexistent heart
Because, I pledge allegiance to the two-faced liberty
Of the United States of America
And to the inhuman race for which we stand
One nation, under masks, no identification,
With hallucinogens and slavery for all.
This prayer is for America
Bless me, Father, for I have sinned
in this new world I know it’s wrong but, I—
INDULGE!
God isn’t compatible with machinery and happiness
Indulged
Oh, make me pure
Be independent of God!
Oh, help me to be good
A gram is better than a damn
Forgive me God
Progress is lovely. Isn’t it?
HELL IS EMPTY AND ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE!
Stop right now!
You’ve crossed the line so you’re gonna have to turn around
Now to return to my subject…
So…
You don’t much like civilization?
Well, “savage” doesn’t care about convention, parameters, or propriety
They might be killed
They’ll be killed if you don’t hurry
Help
Help
Help
They’ll kill him
Help I need somebody
We should put them all in the lethal chamber!
I like your spirit
Or strip them to the waist, hit them with a whip of knotted cords
One
Two
Three
Four
Again
And Again
And Again
And Again
DO IT AGAIN
Fuck me up
Then HELP HELP
PLEASE
FUCK ME UP
Ladies and gentlemen
This
Is
Fucking
America
Take hold of the zipper at her neck and give one long strong pull
There was of course no one there
She was empty This is America
Mask under the
mask under the
mask under the
mask
I thought that nobody was ever alone here
But one can’t have something for nothing
Happiness has got to be paid for
Did I say the world was fair?
Male Privilege Applies to God Too
God likes dresses that don’t leave much to the imagination
Because he likes us better when we’re naked
Too much fabric can cover up flaws
No, He doesn’t like that
Bare skin
Is easier to mold
Than that covered
By cotton
God prefers women who like men
Like they like their Lord
Worship is not only for the strong He says
It is for the meek
The women taste better
When meek
God tastes Mother Earth
Her rivers are left dry
Sucked out
Skies suffocated
Because He ingested her clouds
But not the smoke
Because He is allowed to take his pick
It was no coincidence that God created
Adam first
Because
Women cannot be molded without there
First being a man
To create them
To tempt them
To crave them
To devour them
Adam’s ribs
Were not given to
Eve’s bosom
Because of his generosity
Were they?
Su Ertekin-Taner is a sophomore, actress, writer, journalist, singer, and informal comedian at The Bolles School in Jacksonville, FL. She began writing poetry at the age of thirteen when she barely knew what the meaning of it was. Now, Ertekin-Taner is an aspiring writer and English teacher with awards for her writing. While she has not won any Nobel prizes for literature, she has received prize money for her poem “Soar” during the Jax Poetry Contest, as well as having received multiple awards from the Florida Times Union, Scholastic, and Florida Scholastic Press Association for her poetry, prose, and journalism.