Laurie Doctor, Restoring Balance (Justice), 2016, Oil on Wood, 12″ X 12″
Xenophon did not write
of woman at war
with her body. He records no
Thalassa! Thalassa!
upon her reaching safe haven.
Nor has she, embattled
forever. O the short rations
& the forced march. O
the skirmishes & the unwanted
glances. O the robbing of reason.
Where is home? Where
are encomiums? Where is there
no man to whom
she must answer?
History has left her
truncated, she
who is more.
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Devon Balwit