WHO IS GOD IF AM NOT?
I AM NOT FROM ADAM'S RIB. I AM NOT FROM ADAM'S BONE. I AM NOT FROM SATURN'S CASTRATION. I WAS NOT CAST FROM SEA FOAM. I DID NOT RISE FROM THE SEA THROUGH HIS SPERM AND ASHES. I AM NOT CARVED FROM IVORY; SMOOTH IN FLESH, COLD OF HEART, DEAD IN EYES, STILL AS WIND. I AM NOT THE WIFE PYGMALION DESIRED. I WASN'T BORN FROM ZEUS' SKULL. I DID NOT EMERGE FROM HIS THOUGHTS. I DID NOT REAR MY HEAD OUT OF A MAN'S GUT. I WAS NOT CASTED OUT FROM HIS SKIN.
WHO AM I IF I'M NOT FROM A MAN'S IMAGINATION?
I CAME OUT CRASHING. THUNDERING. ROARING. BAWLING. HOWLING. CLAWING OUT OF MY MOTHER'S WOMB. I DIDN'T COME OUT QUIET!!!!!! I DIDN'T COME OUT QUITE CLEAN!!!!!! I WAS DRENCHED IN THE BLOOD OF A WOMAN!!!!!! WRAPPED IN A CORD OF FLESH AROUND MY NECK!!!!!! WRINKLED PINK AND SOFT AS DEATH!!!!!! I CAME OUT SCREAMING!!!!!!
GOD WHAT IS MY NAME? WHO AM I? WHO ARE YOU? WHY AM I BLOODIED AND BATTERED? WHEN I HAVEN'T EVEN STEPPED FOOT IN WAR? WHY DOES IT HURT? WHY DO I ACHE? WHY DO I YEARN? WHY DO I FEEL?
WHO DID THIS TO ME?
WHO DID THIS TO YOU?
I WANT AN EYE FOR AN EYE. EYE FOR AN EYE. EYE FOR AN EYE. EYE FOR AN EYE. EYE FOR AN EYE.
AND SHE TREMBLED WITH SUCH IRE EARTH CRACKED.
(gaping. screaming. was her teeth ever so sharp. .)
"AH AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND THE WORLD GOES BLIND EH? YOU SAY IT AS IF THE WORLD COULD ALREADY SEE. BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU ARE."
YOU CAME FROM THE WHORE'S MOUTH. YOU'RE BURNED FROM THE WITCH'S SOUL AND ALL THAT'S REMAINED. YOU ATE FROM THE VIRGIN'S PALM. YOU CAME FROM THE BITCH'S HOLE. YOU'VE SINNED ON A WOMAN'S FLESH. YOU ARE NOTHING. YOU ARE FAULTY. YOU'RE NO HEIR. YOU'RE NO KING. YOU'RE NO SON. YOU'RE NO SUN. YOU ARE HATED. YOU ARE LOVED. YOU ARE FEARED. YOU ARE KILLED. YOU ARE EVERYTHING THEY SAY.
THE BITCH
THE WHORE,
THE CUNT,
THE SHREW,
THE MAN-HATING DYKE,
THE VIRGIN,
THE BIMBO,
THE HOLE,
THE FANTASY,
THE WIFE,
THE HAG.
BUT YOU ARE EVERYTHING THEY'RE NOT. YOU RAN UP THAT THE HILL FOR A DEAL. YOU'RE A GIRL NO LONGER INTERRUPTED. A HEAVEN IN FORM. A HELL IN ACTION. A PURGATORY IN PRACTICE. YOU CAME OUT OF YOUR WELL TO SHAME MALEKIND AND HAVEN'T STOPPED SINCE.
THE ALTAR,
THE BRINGER,
THE LOVER,
THE HOME,
THE POET,
THE PRAYER,
THE BLESSING,
THE WOMAN,
THE POWER,
THE MAGIC,
THE MEDICINE.
AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING TO THEIR END. YOU ARE THE FUTURE THEY CAN'T RESIST. THE FORCE THEY CANNOT RECKON WITH. THE TEAR THAT CANNOT DROP. THE BITE AND THE BARK. THE SALT SEWN IN THE WOUND. THE KIND OF FEAR FOUND IN THE DEEPEST, DARKEST FERAL PART OF YOUR GUT GROWLED RAW.
YOU KNOW WHY?
WHY?
"BECAUSE DARLING, YOU ATE GOD AND SPAT HIM OUT."
needless to say when girl ate god nothing was the same, don't you think?
AND HER NAME WASN'T EVE.
