The Fetus

Of this unwritten page

The petals of contentment

Are strewn, peace peace

That was born from

Self-righteous justice

Does this document mark

The denouement of the

Sentimental saga

Now the man has become fiction

The woman is redeemed

By the man’s suffering

The strong one

Finally unfurling

Like a shriveled

Fluid deprived fetus

Was there ever any love

Or was it war from the get go

Man wanted woman’s flesh

Man wanted her

To kiss his feet of clay

To worship at the shrine

To cry and pine at the altar

Of Adonis

Woman wanted man’s strength

Woman wanted his

Self-sufficiency

His kinship with nature

Brutish appeal

Business acumen

The fetus of his love

She put it in her mouth

Teasingly at first

Yes, I will nurse the baby

It could grow into a life together

He made her mad

He looked at other women

He spent too much time with Playstation

She ate the fetus

Now the man has become fiction

Copyright Sept 2007, Michele Koh