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