Diana Manesi
Amateur tailors script writers of minority groups
you never let them in
they tend to get sunburned easy-peasy
just in cases and emergencies under narcosis when you break a glass or two
then bad luck hits town
If you see a tailored writer eat cricket burgers
stay prudent and cool
He’ll think you write books,
important books,
well-respected life-changing
he’ll call you for a session on avant-garde
I was meant to write a book change the progress of man-kind to woman-kind,
kind women — rude likeable men
the whole book was bloody — smeared with jam and mucus
{Do you know?
Do you know which part of you is tailored in advance?}
I plagiarize tailor-style gloves,
sing on C minor skype-call spinsters chit-chat with minors
{Do you know? Do you know how becoming minor feels?}
My friend to-be says
“I am the books I converse over wine& chips,
I am the quotes I copy-paste in my diaries,
I am the packs of rice I slice open to cover my prey and its fingernails”
This makes life worthwhile
reckless and down, at least now I wear tailored style gloves.
Author Bio: Diana Manesi recently published her book “One and whole: One bite” by Queer Ink Publications: http://queerink.gr/en/publication/diana-manesi/. She has also written poems for online poetry magazines- a glimpse of hybrid narrative- and participated at various poetry workshops and readings in Athens and London. She recently completed her thesis in social anthropology with a focus on queer and lesbian feminism in Greece. She has taught anthropology and feminist theory at Goldsmiths College in London and currently works at an Athens-based Feminist Centre for the rights of all women.
