“I hope a reader finds a raw honesty, and a sense of connection that brings deeper understanding.”
On Women, Their Bodies
One uterus fussed
Another complained
I shushed them with cotton
Tampons saturated in glycerine
One uterus sang a right pretty tune
Another bickered with her tubes
One clamped down on my fingers
Another sputtered blood in my face
I cured them all with a daily salt douche
One tilted, tried to hide
Another shed its skin each time I went in
Some had long been empty
Most were full full of jewels
Full of pins
One held the watch and chain
I’d missed for years
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Tina Parker grew up in Bristol, Virginia, and now lives in Berea, Kentucky, with her husband and two young daughters. Her chapbook of poems Another Offering is available from Finishing Line Press, and her poetry collection Mother May I is available from Sibling Rivalry Press. Her poetry has received support from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, and individual poems have appeared in Rattle, PMS: poemmemoirstory, Appalachian Heritage, Still: The Journal, and The Collapsar, among others. To learn more about Tina, visit www.tina-parker.com.
