Bed was not always serene…

body autonomy prose

Tolbert
1 min readJul 1, 2022
A black background with the letters “GTFOH” an acronym for Get the Fuck Out of Here in bold pink red at the top. In the middle are ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, cervix, and vagina surrounded by a pink and white flowers. At the bottom in the same pink red color are the words “…literally, figuratively, and constitutionally.”
From @niecynash Instagram account on 6.24.2022

Lying in bed where I lay nestled

in a flannel cocoon of body heat

and warm sheets underneath a down comforter.

Bed was not always serene…

Wondering if the womb

felt this comfortable and this secure?

Then, I remember the video in high school about

The Miracle of Life

and how the vagina, the cervix, and the uterus

are hostile towards elements and objects

that do not belong.

Given current fuckery in the government

surrounding reproductive organs I wonder why

Goddess, God, and Universe

could not have constructed the vagina like a

dungeon trapdoor.

That way anything unwelcome, unwanted, and

uninvited could receive a cold cocked KO

like a blow from Thor’s hammer.

…bodily autonomy has never been considered impolite discussion

nor the business of the individual subject to governing.

Similar to Jafar in Aladdin showing how “snake-like he can be”

how many of us want to rise to the challenge to show

“how hostile a space our sex organs can be”?

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Tolbert
Tolbert

Written by Tolbert

Librarian and Information Specialist by day. Queer writer of poetry, sensuality, personal experience, and health by night. Instagram @tolbert_on_medium #BLM✊🏿

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