Vol 1 No 1 2007
The Etiology of Fainting
as a radical you
are
a disappointment but
it’s all relative
in the harem you are nothing but a scandal in the vicarage
loose
the stays of your corset
(whales
of seven seas miss their bones)
teach
buttons to march up your boots
a regiment phalanx
of palaver
in
the time it takes to
stretch a canvas or
a dress
on
a dummy the
time it takes to mix oils
the
minute it takes to look
and
measure
the body melts and you can’t
get
air into your lungs
your
browning vision is not the browning version
a
faint
ring
in your ears reminds you
what you wanted
was
ten minutes to
yourself
Tanis MacDonald