Literary Pixie Press

By Ilana Gustafson

Into this vessel
I release the steamy fruition
of digestive manifestation
A stoic drudge
you accept
this bodily witchcraft
with steadfast
vigilance
a gracious porcelain
acquiescence 


There is no other
with whom
I audaciously bare my 
bowel-born alchemy
Our secret ceremony
held sacredly
in this chamber 
of rest


I bow to you
as I turn the tidal lever
Oh glorious keeper 
of caca conduits
Your cauldron conjures 
the aqua pura
blasts my intestinal 
intentions
into the underworld
as I am left to linger 
in the frankincense
of fecal fumes

This piece is from The Feminist Toilet #1. To go back and read more, click here.