The new year begins
by Martha Rand
The new year begins with illness and loss.
Empty connections reaching across.
Adults make decisions
exposed to derision.
Irrationality opens to force.
An internal drive
interstices, indecision,
A girl on a bus
exposed to incision.
Female goddesses die,
martyred young women lie
in hospital beds,
alone in their heads,
all with the cast of an eye.
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Author's Note
Death, destruction of innocence, beginnings of 2012.
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I've been wondering for a while, which female goddesses are dying at the beginning of the new year – research revealed a fair number of these goddesses! My only regret here is that you don't mention martyred young men but perhaps this is for a man to write?
I am often thinking about my one-sided perspective. Sometimes, I. think I should do equal time as though it were some sort of campaign pr writing. Campaign pr writing for a govt agency was part of one of my early jobs. Yes, I have to admit my bias and give you praise for recognizing it. Let's be friends. I need people to keep me honest and aware of spaces in my art that deserve further exploration. Thank you Marcus.