On Credibility

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On Credibility 


Little girls learn rape. They get it  
at school & at home. They learn
to scrape them, so their DNA is 
under your fingernails. They learn  ... sensory details, but there is some hyperbole at play
to smile with the eyes & with the 
legs, to run. They learn how to absorb
the juice of strawberries, the naked
yellow seeds that look like raw 
polenta, & the sun that ripens 
them until they fill with sweetness men 
would kill to taste, & have, & the   ...  great eye for detail
lessons of a mother who remembers 
how it feels to be a piece of fruit in 
someone else’s mouth.  ...  comes across as Guardian-style doom and gloom, but the metaphor is skilful

Prepared as such they gaze out 
through the windows at the world 
with big big eyes, confused about its ...the repetition overdoes the infantilisation
status. Everything’s alive, the trees 
cough up a squirrel every thirty seconds, 
& the hose is prostrate on the lawn, 
crying its last regrets into a creeping patch 
of brown. How to feel unsafe in such a 
papier-mâché world? It looks so small
and brittle. One imagines it would break 
into a million shards if touched.  ... this entire portion is gorgeous with its attention to detail. Coughing up a squirrel is original. The symbolism of the hose is clever. The danger hides in plain sight.

Hi matsun - this is a richly crafted piece. 

The topic itself is perhaps one that has been done to the death, but it's skilfully told nonetheless