Three Poems – Alexandra Wuest

 

LIVING BRUSH

I tried to make a painting
but I made this instead
because ‘there are no great female painters’
and I got tired of living up to your
post modern analysis

Am I post liberated enough
Am I post dignified enough
Am I post Listerine mouth washed enough

Tell me how to best be your muse
and slide me through the blue paint
just like Yves
I know my body was made for your use
just like Eve

Institutionalize me
by which I mean 
put me in a museum