Showing posts with label The Secretary Chant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Secretary Chant. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

"The Secretary Chant" by Marge Piercy

My hips are a desk.
From my ears hang
chains of paper clips.
Rubber bands form my hair.
My breasts are wells of mimeograph ink.
My feet bear casters.
Buzz. Click.
My head is a badly organized file.
My head is a switchboard
where crossed lines crackle.
Press my fingers
and in my eyes appear
Credit and debit.
Zing. Tinkle.
My navel is a reject button.
From my mouth issue cancelled reams.
Swollen, heavy, rectangular
I am about to be delivered
of a baby
Xerox Machine.
File me under W
because I wonce
was
A woman.