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C. E. Chapple

Knickers

Artist: Lynn Starter

in times past women’s private parts were hidden
secret treasurers beneath heavy skirts and many petticoats
those with round heels could be flipped onto their backs
resembling great bells needing only lovers’ clappers
to peal out their pleasure
each lusty penis a perfect pendulum in plum pudendum
a meritorious metronome marking time
as skirt hems shortened, loins were girded
crotchless knickers giving way to passion killers
gussets guarding each juicy peach
no longer caressed by the free flow of air
preserved in a mysterious dark
a cold cellar for the preservation of secret fruit
upholstered in pristine cotton
bound with lace and stitched with propriety
those naughty knickers suggest various Victorian vices
maids and matrons were merely practical
much easier to do one’s toilette with easy access
no fumbling haste with clenched buttocks
while bowels churn or bladder begs for relief
knickers, needless then, are barely needful now
no more than wrapping on a re-gifted gift