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Name Calling - SPOKEN

from CANADADA: TAKE TWO by M.L.Holton - Canadian Poet

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Men and women swirl around each other: hesitant, belligerent, gentle and loving.

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Name Calling

You call me woman
‘O man, that’s such an old argument’
You call me mother
‘Jesus pops, you know I ain’t the tops’
You call me your darling
‘Hot damn, no ain’t that somethin’

You call me wench
‘Listen I was milkin’ cows before youse was born’
You call me a symbol of your desire and longing
‘Hey babe, will you take out that little ol’ bag of rotten stuff?’
You call me all powerful
‘Darn tootin’, sharp shootin’

You wrestle with me in the hollow of your mind
You pin me down, you help me up, you kick, you bite
You use your force against me, your weight, your mind –
And you push me so far into my Self that in order to breathe
In order to save me, I must push back and roar.

Only then will you leave me alone.
For a time. Like a chair. Or a tree. Alone.

I like space too you know.

We should train the brain to fly
‘Cuz I always seem to get grounded again
in this earth of mud goodness.

Maybe this is the way it is meant to be
You here inside of me.

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from CANADADA: TAKE TWO, released March 15, 2017
M.L.Holton - Poem & Voice

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MLHolton Ontario

Self-taught, award-winning, senior artist, author & filmmaker from the Golden Horseshoe Region of Southern Ontario, Canadada.... In sum, a devoted advocate of 'Serious Fun'.

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