Period People

I wonder if there
are miners
in my vagina,

miniature women with beards
and pickaxes
mining menstrual fluid.

Do they cling to the tampons I use?
Dig their fingers into the cotton
and hang on like they’ve grabbed on to
a ladder on the side of a rocket ship
headed towards Earth Jr?

 

April 21, 2014

Day 21 of NaPoWriMo

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