Sunday, November 7, 2010

Magpie Tales: cock cold



Cockeyed, she scries,

as if a diesel fume plume

filled the colorless sky.



Her skin shivers

in a spidery twitching,

awash in a wasabi sinus scald.



Should she shave her head,

rub ashes until pimples puss,

lay prone and moan over a backless grave-



-as women in the past had done

when their man was gone?



It feels like pushing a steam roller

wading upstream in the river-mud

to shove a suitcase down the hall.



Why do we only

call men

cuckold?





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15 comments:

  1. learned a new word - didn't know what cuckold is..i like how you write on this serious topic with lots of good imagery that displays the struggle and pain

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  2. wow...great word play...pushing that steam roller must be a beast...like a suitcase....or wasabi sinus...that was wicked...

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  3. Why indeed? I have often wondered that, as well.
    Wonderful Magpie. Great imagery!

    www.angiemuresan.com

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  4. This is beautifully written .....

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  5. Love it. 'Awash in a wasabi sinus scald' - been there, done that. I don't think the Japanese suffer sinus problems. Great Magpie.

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  6. Very powerful piece. I felt it like a punch in the guts. Cuckold is an interesting term humiliating the husband whose wife has had an affair. Strangely it's probably more likely to be a case of the shoe being on the other foot, given men's tendencies. I checked on Wickipedia and there is a word for women: Cuckquean

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  7. A powerful write, love that you used the word cuckold, too.

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  8. what images, diane! i didn't know this term either. when i think of roosters, i don't think of qualities of tenderness or sensitivity. that may be a bum rap based on i don't-know-why-i-think-that.

    so now i'm chronicling through the guys i've know who remind me of roosters.... :)

    have a good week ♥

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  9. This was really good. It hits hard in all the right places. The imagery is fabulous.

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  10. Diane:

    Intense powerful, and poignant writing, there were so many powerful lines that can stand alone, marvelous writing.

    joanny

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  11. I love this....so much to take in at every line....great writing Dianne! :-)

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  12. Line after line of clever...Love it...

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  13. I really liked this a lot. Great imagery and as a side note my head is stuffed and I am wishing for some wasabi to clear it up.

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