Some Are Always Hungry by Jihyun Yun

Author:Jihyun Yun [Yun, Jihyun]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: POE005060 Poetry / American / Asian American
Publisher: Nebraska

Menstruation Triptych

I.

Happy to be bleeding,

I fold the unused

test into the black hem

of my pocket just to carry

this solitude with me.

Seedless belly, beloved

fallow, I.

Happy to be bleeding,

I treat myself to sangria

and ice cream, weave

flowers of invasive

species in my hair,

sing praises to Korean

over-the-counter BC.

At home, I’m so happy

to be bleeding, I pummel

my stomach against

the kitchen counter,

just in case. I know

it doesn’t work

that way, but he came without

permission and inside.

I’m irrational is what I mean.

Bloodless, others fly

to nearby countries to terminate

but I’m too woman, too poor.

Lord, in this life I’ll happily

bleed and bleed. Let the

animals gnaw through every

door. Let the tides overpower.

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