two poems by Suzanne Fortin:



ANOREXIC 
kneeling to the toilet
she offers a cornucopia

prays to be

desirable         but untouchable
looked at         but ignored

that she'll finally be able 
to wear  her rosaries
with padded cleavage

and tricks her hunger



DISBELIEF 

feeling useless as
a discarded condom
she yearns to roll down
another penis
so she can add
shape and substance
to her
life

meanwhile
she lies
at the bottom
of garbage
feeling the sperm
hardening
in her

she disbelieves
evolution
that algae 
ever crawled out
of muddy waters

their world
ever so
stagnant


Suzanne Fortin wrote a Snarl of the Month about Teenagers for Grrowl! #4.