I went with you she says From cold polders to arid ochre plains I watered dry souls and I fed the flocks while pulling their thieving hands off my throat
I went with you she says From cold polders to arid ochre plains I watered dry souls and I fed the flocks while pulling their thieving hands off my throat
I lay with you she says In cool white rooms then huts with wire and dogs I took your hand and led you from wanderlust but you sucked the sweat of my sex and spat
Broken pastoral terrorist!
Hide in ceaseless deceit as you sing from the pulpit of my faithful congregation
Hide in Marxist bibles as you own my means of production
Hide in marriage vows as you fuck every consecrated word I drank from you
I served you well she says from dawn till dusk till your hard heart was tilled by my kaffir love. Still God could not remove the stinking stain of your polygyny
About the Author
Gill O'Halloran has been writing for a lifetime, and is the author of a book on addiction, although she has been concentrating on poetry for the last few years. She has been a feminist since she was 18 and had a PING moment, went to Greenham Common, and cut off all of her hair! She is in her 40s now so its grown back but she is still proud to call herself a feminist.
She has had a poem published in Issue 5 of Citizen32 Magazine (UK poetry journal), and was runner up in a lyrics competition held in 2006 for the band The Guillemots. Gill is currently negotiating with a small press publishing house (in Canada) that have expressed interest in producing a book of her poetry in 2008.
My curse is my gift. My nightmares, deep sensitivity, and emotional instability gives the best (and most uncomfortable) inspirations I could ever have. For me, art is passion - and visions are the mirror, which show my feelings and connect me with the rest of the world. Read More...