The Mud is Very Deep

when crossing
the street a lady
should raise her dress
with the right hand a little
above the ankle - to raise the
the dress with both hands is vulgar
and can be excused only when the mud
is very deep

sage sweetwater
entered her name
into the victorian name
generator and pinkie pankhurst
raised her dress with both hands

the queen excluder
allows only the worker
bees to pass through keeping
the queen and drones away from
the honey

sage sweetwater
entered her name
into the victorian name
generator and eugenie bagstock
built a langstroth hive beekeeper
of sappho the entrance cleat dripping
with sticky scandal

how to
start a fire
with a hand drill

sage sweetwater
entered her name
into a victorian name
generator and temperance ford
notched a V in the edge

at the V's point
she created a depression
she placed tinder below the
V notch so the ember would fall
onto it she held the spindle between
her palms and rubbed them together
while moving her palms up and down
applying downward pressure to maintain
firm contact

it became
hot from friction
and ignited she allowed
an ember to fall onto the
tinder she blew on it gently
the old farmer's almanac has
a wonderful lesbian section 

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