fish gods

Diane HODGES (dchodges who-is-at interchange.ubc.ca)
Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:57:34 -0800

At 9:23 6/5/99, Eva Ekeblad wrote:
>goldfish swim the Net
>in the bidet liquid splash
>of multiple scales

movement swirls the tidy bowl
the sparkle of porcelein
glints with a silver flash:

FLUSHING SPRAY LATERAL FOUNTAINS OF LIQUID SPLASH
AND WHEN THE TERROR PASSED THERE WAS A GREAT LIFING
OF THE CLOUDED FLESHY CEILING RISING OPENING LIGHT WITH ITS
SHIFTING AND THE GOLDFISH LOOKED AT THE LIGHT
AND THEY SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD.

******
bored shift she shuffles
the gummy sidewalk
by the streetlght a sudden flasher:

she turns to see this
purpling appendage
speaks wirh knowledge,
crisp, "use a Hoover"

and somewhere in an alley off les Champs d'Elysee a bidet
spews schools of delerious goldfish, they lunge in worship
and hear her screaming
as her beautiful song of praise.

Nanna has bathed there
not once since,
we spent hours discretely
untangling
the Net.

""""""""""""""""""""""" """""""""""""""""""""""""""""
When she walks,
the revolution's coming.
In her hips, there's revolution.
When she talks, I hear revolution.
In her kiss, I taste the revolution.
(by Kathleen Hanna: Riot Grrl)
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diane celia hodges
university of british columbia
faculty of graduate studies,
centre for the study of curriculum and instruction,
vancouver, british columbia, canada

email: dchodges who-is-at interchnage.ubc.ca