I listen and can't help wondering how this would go over at a university district poetry slam. Perhaps I'll try it and find out.
Cruxy: Osama's Christmas Carols > The Abortion Poem
dedicated to Art major Aliza Shvarts '08 Yale
this poem is intended to stimulate discussion
the author considers himself both pro-choice and pro-life
choosing life is a valid choice
Text follows:
Abortion (Bitter Memories)
Erection
perfection
rejection
abortion
Temptation
fruition
solution
abortion
Denial
survival
on trial?
Abortion
Procreation
Evasion
aversion
abortion
Pregnant?
Hesitant?
Reticent?
abortion
Consensual
parental
dissentual
abortion
Unpristine
Just a teen
sight unseen
abortion
Junior prom
got it on?
don’t tell mom!
Abortion
Cdc
std
zpg
abortion
Mother’s fear:
dad not there.
Shed a tear
Abortion
New zygote.
Can’t emote?
“Sally, where is your fur coat?”
Abortion
Vulva.
Labia.
Maternophobia
Abortion
Baby, boom.
World without room.
Remote, controlled womb.
Abortion.
No monthly visit?
Boy, girl, what is it?
Boyfriend won’t commit.
Abortion
Biology
is destiny
no, not for me
abortion
Can’t afford
Home discord
Solomon’s sword
Abortion
Something’s there?
Not now, not here!
First, career.
Abortion.
Abigail, Abraham
Ina jam?
Find a Ram!
abortion
Unchaste
haste
waste
abortion
We hopped in bed.
S’been 8 weeks since I bled
my boyfriend said
Abortion
Older now,
all alone,
just what makes a house a home?
Abortion?
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