Kathrine Yets

Get It

So, I am a whore, I guess:

a woman who enjoys sex.

I bump uglies more than once a week,

ruffle up the sheets—

and I ain’t doing laundry.

I’m doing missionary work

without the prayers

and doggies that don’t bark

much. I’m churning butter

like a woman is supposed to do.

Afternoon delight until midnight

or later. At dawn, I am a curled angel,

flipped into a glowing juniper—

the Kama Sutra's got nothing on me.

I rock and roll x-rated.

Sex on the beach— hold the vodka,

the schnapps, cranberry and orange juice, the ice,

the highball glass. Slap my ass and call me Daisy

because this cowgirl is in reverse, 

rehearsing porno lines like it’s her day job.

But wait one sec, take two steps back

and know this tango ain’t for show,

not for your pleasure,

not for you to know

but maybe find out

if you’re lucky.

Know this body isn’t yours,

and that I am not a fucking whore.

Take your labels, your slander,

your mismanners, your fuck-me-sideways

misinterpretations. Keep your bigot trap

closed

and let me get some my way

without shame

or humiliation

or pull the covers up self-disgust.

I am Aphrodite incarnated at her finest,

so get fucked

good and proper

before the word whore hits your throat.

Kathrine Yets lives in St. Francis, Wisconsin, U.S. She is an avid educator and poet. Her poetry can be found in many literary magazines and anthologies, including Blue Heron Review, Universal Oneness Anthology, River & South Review, and 5th Wall Press. In 2018, she won the Jade Ring Award from the Wisconsin Writers' Association. She has three chapbooks, So I Can Write (Cyberwit), The Animal Within (Unsolicited Press) and iLearn, iTeach (Cyberwit). When she is not teaching or writing, she can be found on the shores of Lake Michigan, taking walks with her husband.