blue babies birthing,
a thrown-away corsage: orchids for Halloween, the day of the dead
she is fair brown flesh for sale, for
low bidders in plaid jackets vaunting
new age patriotism of ghoul & shadow country.
Don’t go too near the edge
I want to tell her I whisper it to her
thousand tiny braids knotted, at her neck
she bends her head looks at her cold tortillas, decides
to eat no more.
Diane di Prima war eine US-amerikanische Dichterin (*1934 in Brooklyn, New York City, †2020 in San Francisco, CA) sowie eine der inspirierendsten Stimmen der Beat Generation.