spare wings

from holy cow by Jen Taylor

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there is time, there are places
there is time, so many faces
there are needs, so much desire
and only seeds survive this fire

in the beginning there was the word
and this was the beginning, how absurd
flesh was the beginning, massing matter to form
from one womb to another, mysterious transformation

is my flesh dirty, is it obscene-
what do the boys see when they look at me?
is my flesh dirty, is it obscene?
that word meant holy before latin or greek

but 3,000 years of lexigraphic change
left my sisters' bodies in a state of defamation
a prostitute was a priestess, that's what that word meant
oracular vision, mary magdalene

was mary dirty, was she obscene?
st. augustine thought so, but jesus never did

don't you know the ones who talk now, talk too much?
don't you know the ones who come out don't know quite what for?
don't you know the ones who call out, this is a surprise -
didn't quite open their eyes soon enough

what makes the apple fall to the ground?
the desire to be eaten - the action that sets the seed free

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from holy cow, released August 21, 2014

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Jen Taylor East Haddam, Connecticut

Jen Taylor is a musician, Co-Executive Director of The Sanctuary (a solar-powered 501c-3), and Artistic Director of OmFly (re-wilding for domesticated times through circus arts, trapeze & flying yoga).

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