» "Let the Day Perish" by Cate Marvin, in The Chronicle
more mentor-lovin’ tumbles today! Cate is a co-creator/director of VIDA: women in literary arts, and an all around badass. sample:
I was meaner than a flimsy dollar the change machine refuses.
I was duplicitous as a Canadian dime.
I slid through your town only to announce my prejudices.
And only to slip my tongue into the slot of your mouth.Bade you come over. Covered your hand with mine.
Bade you lay down. Stroked your neck, allowed your story.
Bade you pull my body down. Bore me half to death.
This is where the what and when happens. Twopeople on a couch, liquored up and lousy at the mouth…
(cont’d)
