Rogue Agent

[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 RamaLusinghe (Flattery), 2003, mixed media and engraving on relined paper, 9⅞ x 13¾ inches.

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