The Seated Woman

Clemence Dumas-Cote

The Seated Woman
Format
Paperback
Publisher
House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
Country
CA
Published
25 March 2025
Pages
72
ISBN
9781487013295

The Seated Woman

Clemence Dumas-Cote

THE POEMS

You fell asleep on the tiles,

a translucent peacock loomed,

your sex opened and let out

a very blue, very high flame.

You wore a split veil, that morning.

Silent, nailed to her chair, the seated woman writes. She cracks. The poems fidget, slip their fingers: they seek to enter. Perched on her shoulder, the poems whisper in her ear. She captures their messages: "I love the sacred contortions you offer me." The poems protest: "You're squeezing us too hard: careful, pet."

More than descriptors, the words behave as commands or moves in a game-and the voice of the seated woman rises to play.

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