[Found Poem]
bodies, orifices, fluids
Color
pale washes
with vivid punctuations
mouths—
tongues, nipples, cunts, dicks,
and assholes
anatomies redesigned
limbs amputated, reordered
orifices realigned
scrambled physiological functions
armless, legless women
broken—
like damaged classical ruins
obscene, abject
exuberantly offensive
Rama’s oversexed
bodies
roiled propriety
and uptight norms
directly challenged
far-right national politics
Words borrowed from:
Christoffersen, Helga; Gioni, Massimiliano; Lehrer-Graiwer, Sarah; Vergine, Lea; Vo, Danh; Rama, Carol. Carol Rama : antibodies. New York. ISBN 9780915557158. OCLC 993629902.
Artwork: Carol Rama, Lusinghe (Flattery), 2003, mixed media and engraving on relined paper, 9⅞ x 13¾ inches.
Gessy Alvarez 