Woman
Flagged - Words in Exile: Entry 3
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salt on the cutting board,
knife rinsed, set down.
nothing dramatic.
a woman accounts for everything.
bone needle, threaded
with red.
the hem holds.
woman-
datura loosening the bath.
river mud cooling
in the arch of the foot.
reeds whisper nothing useful.
a woman steps out
without looking back.
Words in Exile,
"Woman" banned- unimaginable wrong doing
Blacklisting!
Dignity of "Woman" restored by
Your Poetic phrases "A knife set down!"
"Datura": strong-scented herbaceous plants of the nightshade family including some used as sources of medicinal alkaloids (such as stramonium) or in folk rites or illicitly for their poisonous, narcotic, or hallucinogenic properties
"Loosening the bath"
Every Woman's bath
We are all the "Woman stepping out,
Not looking back"!
Whet stone
sharpe blade
runs through
Slices fillet
Dices tossed
Salad dressing
Dinner served
No left overs.