Because they built the world
With their cocks
Rockets, skyscrapers
And warheads
They built the world
Tilting like the tower of Pisa.
What came after was war
We tried to piece together the jigsaw of their dead
They made monuments to the conflict
Granite totems
Symphony to the strong and the brave
Trumpet calls
To the survivors.
At the top of the tower
They could not see the tilt
It seemed that the softness
Gathered at its base was what swerved
Tender and pink like a little girl
Whose mouth invited kiss
Madres de los disappeared
We tried to tell them that our red womb
Our warm fleshy breasts could right the tower
Or tear it down and nurture the rubble
But to them it sounded like
The muttering of slaves
The hysteria of Babel.
Brilliantly put.
Thanks…it’s lovely to be understood