Two Poems By Farrah Field
by Mark Bibbins, Editor
Amy Is off the Porch and into the World
All women are beautiful. They are houses.
Vaginas are houses.
Wipe that wine stain off your face
and step in leave your shoes.
All women are named Miranda.
Something left her body jump roping.
She put it all on our fingers.
We ride the bridges
on bikes. You were afraid
your son would slip
into a thick wet pussy.
Why did you leave the city.
We are the new wombs.
We’ll tell you everything.
Your town sucks. The press
of women is one thousand boobs.
There’s so much to do.
Don’t ring the doorbell.
Get your own water.
People have needed each other
for a long time. Someone you know
could kill you. Let’s eat dinner outside,
roasted pattypan squash.
Our summer nights are so cool.
Here’s the last of the last sweet corn.
Amy It’s a Pig’s Heart
Dirk on the first of four
tenets of suburban mentality
everything’s shocking
Your mind fingers in a jar
Socialism or Sanscullotism
What you know
National Geographic should
follow me following
If you were older we’d agree
the drinking has slowed down
You’re over my record player
I love your parents
Shifting left suede saddle shoe right
My dad used to ride motorcycles
until he met my mom
Dirty recovery
You never pick anything up
Plaster of Paris
Prettier without blue lipstick
For dressing up
wear your sister’s clothes
Everyone kisses her cheek so easily
The man behind the counter
is straightening her stocking
is inching up her skirt
her hair has gotten wet
You were in her powder
I’ll give you something threatening
If you want to know why
I never keep the lights on
St. Ramón you little bitch
I don’t mind candles for you
Free as dark is free
You had a real grandmother
the warm kind
The kind who would queue up
even when there was no bread
A downright rascal
You can’t be a radical
all the time Don’t worry
boys can use barrettes too
Farrah Field is the author of Rising (Four Way Books 2009) and Parents (Immaculate Disciples Press 2011). She is co-owner of Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop. Her second book with Four Way, Wolf and Pilot, is forthcoming in October 2012.
There’s a buttload of additional poems here, in The Poetry Section’s archive.
You may contact the editor at [email protected].