Domestic Violence

How universes apart Is the slap of her beautiful jawline, To the slap of her buttocks When she is sprawled all over, On your comfy lap. How easy for a woman To make a whore of herself, the lipstick boulevards That she enters and the soon after, when she will Hold you like a guardian …

Imperfect Haiku Poems (To raise awareness of domestic violence)

Gossamer A cardboard woman Braving a paper moon Torn in lip Breaking-in Mandible and hymen Once border control agents Now crash test dummies Moon-landing She had the pout Lips that broke like china In to an impact crater Fists A perennial woman In a geisha mask Playing hide and seek Battered The wife finally becomes …

Domestic Violence

A poem I wrote for a little project called "Women in Society" Crash test dummies are a little innovation In the auto industry, it is a mechanism For assuring safety. Like the car is supposed To batter calling it an accident of sorts. The car’s steering wheel is where all the power is. The driver …