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 Sep 2007, Michele Koh