Cetology
Cetology For small erections may be finished by their first architects; grand ones, true ones, ever leave the copestone to posterity. God keep me from ever completing anything. This whole book is but a draught—nay, but the draught of a draught. Oh, Time, Strength, Cash, and Patience! Herman Melville, Moby Dick The lar the loa the household gods. Let me begin there. Women like wheels of fire Goldsmiths Wordsmiths Women with huge legs Women who are all womb or all head Women from the East with arms like sticks Women from the Islands with spangled fish tails Men with hooves and horns like crescent moons Women from the moon Women from the Lake the plowed field Ululating desert Women with blue tattoos Goddesses of girlhood Goddesses of love Irritated Bitches Skin-shedding snake Women Blind hags Women of the four directions Women who look ahead Women who speak up Women who share their food Alchemists Midwives Women who keep me from ever completing anything Women with knives Women with Time with Strength with Patience Women without Cash Boys who lie Shroud-stitchers Gossips Women who drive too fast Pregnant Women Hermaphrodites Women who have a hand in the very pelvis of the world Women who name names Small contractions may be finished by their first contractors; grand ones, true ones, ever leave their pulsations to posterity. This whole book is but a raft on a wide-mouthed river. Sherry Robbins, Or, The Whale, BlazeVOX [books]
Sherry Robbins 