Tag: Poetry

Who cleans the toilets in Galt’s Gulch

finally finds her utopia her community of freedom. And now Dagny Taggart finds herself in Galt’s Gulch in Atlantis on her hands and knees wiping up the pee of the Men of the Mind because they are evidently not also the Men of Good Aim. She thinks as she pushes the damp rag into the filthy crevasses behind the toilet bowl that she had hoped for a different role in Stopping the Motor of the World.

Snowflake Anthem

When I was three years old
Whenever I hurt myself
I’d run to my parents for comfort
And they would ask me
Where did you hurt yourself?
I would drag them across the flat
To the table
Or chair
Or doorframe
Which had hurt me
And shout
There! That is where my hurt myself!
And my parents would tell off the offending object
Until I felt better

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Dominique Swain and Jeremy Irons in the 1997 film Lolita. Swain was 15 at the time of filming.

For Dolores

Content notice: This poem includes descriptions of sexual harassment and makes references to sexual assault and abuse. If you choose to share this poem on social media please include a content notice with your post.