Aposematism

A bitch with whom you do not fuck

by Helen Robertson

I have neither poison nor venom
And fight or flight becomes false dichotomy
When your choice is always the same.

I’ll wrap myself in Batesian mimicry —
See these spikes, see these stitches,
See these trappings of a bitch
With whom you do not fuck?

I want to fake it till I make it.
I want to make affectation true.
I want to wear my outside in.

 

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body of stone is out of print from The Blasted Tree Store

Featured by The Blasted Tree: October 26, 2021

Helen Robertson

Contributing Author

body of stone by Helen Robertson is a Blasted Tree original collection of poetry.

ISBN [Digital]: 978-1-987906-76-9

Cover Design by Kyle Flemmer

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