Basic Bitch Economy
Actually no you’re wrong about that you’re wrong
about most things so sit your ass down in the hot seat
and I’ll tell you why. My pussy ain’t none of your business
and instant pussy is an inside joke but nobody lately is laughing.
I can sell my pussy on Rodeo Drive, no problem.
I can sell my pussy in the Tenderloin for twenty bucks or BART fare.
I can in fact give my pussy away like parade candy and of course
yeah totally I can keep my pussy preserved on ice and you can keep
clocking in clocking out betting on the Dallas Cowboys at Cracker Barrel
if they still put whiskey in the tea. Don’t worry your pretty little
star spangled head, Bobby Ewing. I have it on good authority that
cotton’s high and Jesus saves so you don’t have to.
Just had my sixth abortion because Memaw always said
NO EMBRYO LEFT BEHIND and God wanted me to tell you
he like literally totally ecstatically approves.
For real, dawg. Catch ya on the flip side with the Garbage Pail Kids
and Purple Pieman and the shit ass Smurfs. They sho nuff killed Elmo
but in some distant bowling alley karaoke heaven Oscar The Grouch
survives and he still loves you even though the fucker will never admit it
but everyone else thinks you’re an asshole so keep my pussy outta your mouth.
No. I’m serious. Keep my pussy outta your mouth.
Stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to.
I don’t know your geography and you don’t know mine.
Hello Kitty cookie fortune says it’s cool it’s natural it’s to be expected.
Pretty sure your mama can relate but if not there’s always
your drunk Aunt Lulu.
“Basic Bitch Economy” is included in Misti’s forthcoming book of poetry and cassette, Super Cherry Extra, coming soon and available at the Underground Lit Fest in Toledo on November 7-8.
Misti Rainwater-Lites shuffles tarot cards to keep the lights on and scribbles lines and makes sick beats to maintain a semblance of sanity while melting from triple digit heat and menopause in San Antonio, Texas. She does it all for the nookie so you can take that cookie and shove it up your ass.
