Leather-Sandled Woman Poem by The Poet SPIEL

Leather-Sandled Woman



maybe you know her

the vegetarian who talks
to blades of grass
but can't imagine
a fox could kill a rabbit
you wonder if she believes eggs
come from easter bunnies

she bloodied a kindly cop
who asked her not to stand
in the middle of a busy street
while she demonstrated at a peace march
she told you she chooses cowhide sandals
because they are natural—
not produced with oil-based products
then cooed that seeing an american bison
for the first time
converted her into a spirit goddess
she's pro-choice and to prove it
she's had three partial-birth abortions
following spiritual peace pipe orgies
she's adopted countless cats and dogs
professing undying faithfulness
to various humane shelters
then abandoned or returned them
when they became inconvenient
you recently spotted her at one a.m.
wearing spike heels
her leather sandals strung
round her neck like game trophies
her cellphone playing
don't rain on my parade
while she ravaged
a super-sized burger king whopper
buried with greasy fries slathered
in blood red ketchup

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