Ernesto Likes to Call Me Mami
Ernesto Likes to Call Me Mami
Jan Becker
Ernesto likes to call me Mami.
“Mami,” he says,
“you got to face facts. You are a big beautiful
Earthmothergoddesswoman. Man,
you gotta love that, Mami
cause it’s the truth.”
I got curves,
that’s for sure.
A big round belly like the Venus
of Willendorf,
legs that have stood on the top of Gibraltar,
feet that walked through the
Atlas Mountains of Africa
and shoulders that shrugged.
My arms
have held down dying bodies,
crackwhores begging for medication,
pregnant women in seizures
borderline IQ children who probably weren’t
retarded, but
came from South Philadelphia.
My fingers dig holes in the garden for
wormwood and thyme,
pennyroyal, rosemary, basil and sage.
Fingers sift dirt like flour
chop garlic
grasp tissues, dry tears.
When I was a small girl,
I knew I would grow big tetas
because I need a chest this big to carry the pain.
Me, Earthmothergoddesswoman
a big mami with curves:
Yeah,
I gotta love it.
first kayak of 08
hi folks iknow iknow where the writey stuff i have been in a vortex of bad health but it ha been miracuously cured by phizer one of my favorite people to rant about
today we hit the waters for the first kayak trip of the year we are going to the infamous Lower Woods Pond one of the natural beauties of my area . i
love that place i will post some pix of the event later today
got a new leg
Sorry my posts have been non-existant of late but i have been blizzy (busy&lazy).
I have a new leg and today is the first time I have really got to try it out.Chika and I walked up the tracks{ ok quick aside I walk that “up the tracks” almost every day and have decided to make it into an art walk by adding stuff to the stuff that is already there .more later}
Well the new leg is completely different from the old leg it is all modular and junk and I like it but I it still needs some adjustment. I have another appointment next week and will get all the tech info so that i can talk abou this in more depth.
Special thanks to Renee and Rich for all the behind the scenes work they did to give me a beautiful leg XXOO
