Piffle


Why do I have trouble saying the word out-loud?
     Embarrassment
not feeling or uttering the word as sexually provocative
     — not that at all —
So odd to have a pet name for such an important part of me
and such a stupid name
My other parts are names: face, lips, hair
I've never called my female sex part PUSSY—
I'm not a cat—never heard that reference until teen
     and then only other parts of my body
that come close to having pet names
buttocks called ASS
and the only other uniquely female parts
breasts called TITS
Come to think of it
What is that sex part that identifies me as a female
really called?
         twat or twot
         cunt (more pet names)
In erotic stories by Anais Nin
   womb often used, or maybe in the story of O—?
   Some women (timid fearfully) spoke the word clitoris
   into a poetry.reading-microphone to train or shock
   the audience unaccustomed to hearing that word—
         clitoris, reminds me of self-stimulation
         and orgasms
   But still only part of the (w)hole
Vagina doesn't quite cut-it
George Carlin read a list on pay-TV—
   ...I remember bearded clam—another male description—
   of a unique female part—Women need to come-up.with
   their own word(s)—
Reminds me of a letter from my mother, giving me the birth
   news of one of my nephews, saying—the DOCTOR HAD TO TAKE THE BABY
and I kept wondering; take him where?
   finally remembered/realized that old expression
   heard on TV westerns... movies set in the Victorian era—
for cesarian—
   my mother has pretty good act of contemporary realism
   she pretends everyone around her just fine—
   that is her courtesy—till I ask her something personal
   then she freaks, gets up and leaves—

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