From: "Lane, Gina" <laneg@WILLIAM.JEWELL.EDU>
To: EDEBATE@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: fixing the poem--last try
Sorry -- for those that care -- here's one more stab at legibility for
the poem. For those who think this is extratopical, sever when ready
:)
Fast Speaking Woman
Anne Waldman
because I don't have spit
because I don't have rubbish
because I don't have dust
because I don't have that which is in air
because I am air
let me try you with my magic power:
I'm a shouting woman
I'm a speech woman
I'm an atmosphere woman
I'm an airtight woman
I'm a flesh woman
I'm a flexible woman
I'm a high heeled woman
I'm a high style woman
I'm an automobile woman
I'm a mobile woman
I'm an elastic woman
I'm a necklace woman
I'm a silk scarf woman
I'm a know nothing woman
I'm a know-it-all woman
I'm a day woman
I'm a doll woman
I'm a sun woman
I'm a late afternoon woman
I'm a clock woman
I'm a wind woman
I'm a white woman
I'M A SILVER LIGHT WOMAN
I'M AN AMBER LIGHT WOMAN
I'M AN EMERALD LIGHT WOMAN
I'm an abalone woman
I'm the abandoned woman
I'm the woman abashed, the gibberish woman
the aborigine woman, the woman absconding
the absent woman
the transparent woman
the absinthe woman
the woman absorbed, the woman under tyranny
the contemporary woman, the mocking woman
the artist dreaming inside her house
I'm the gadget woman
I'm the druid woman
I'm the Ibo woman
I'm the Yoruba woman
I'm the vibrato woman
I'm the rippling woman
I'm the gutted woman
I'm the woman with wounds
I'm the woman with shins
I'm the eroding woman
I'm the suspended woman
I'm the woman alluring
I'm the architect woman
I'm the trout woman
I'm the tungsten woman
I'm the woman with keys
I'm the woman with the glue
I'm a fast speaking woman
water that cleans
flowers that clean
water that cleans as I go. . .
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