Salome Learns a Different Dance
Allison Armstrong
Luxuriating in so much perfect skinand sinew . Muscle and mass .
Releasing your weight against a warm floor . The loving ground .
Jasbina Justice (“ Slippery , sticky , messy , gooey .”)
Let me tell you the story of growing into my fullness these hips that move for nobody ' s pleasure but mine Getting my body back meant good sex and ice cream nights spent sleeping in company the jersey cow pelvis and milk my grandmothers gifted me In this story I am solid greedy for the meat of me thick thighs brushing slick against each other luxuriating in so much perfect skin and sinew
so much sturdy beech-limbed grace In this story my belly is a forest all sun-dappled peace a thousand years of leaf litter mycellium under my skin Light filtering through ( my navel ) the quiet In this story I am all boars tusks and appetite muscle and mass
Fleshy enough to be powerful present enough to be strong enough to slurp peach juice off my fingers lie back and let you see the earth ( my cunt ) open wide to swallow you show you my wanting on purpose