Maria Garcia Teutsch
Whore Son
         poems in response to the underlined sections of Jean Genet’s The Balcony
Maria Garcia Teutsch is a poet, teacher and editor. She has two chapbooks; Pussy (Henry Miller Library 2013) and Chronicles of Violence (Henry Miller Library 2012), For more please go to www.marialoveswords.com.
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Whore Son
         poems in response to the underlined sections of Jean Genet’s The Balcony
The Thiefputs his hands on
her velvet pants, filches.
Silk friction on metal
zipper sparks resistance.
Stolen in a whirl
of second hands.
Mme. Irmaeyes them through
tiny glass. A secret
theatre of flowers
in a sunset leer.
A smile is disaster,
love, a catastrophe.
The Generalis a chandelier reflection
of a red-haired vixen
pretending to be a horse
leading a hearse.
Button up the wind—
death holds its breath,
wears red patent-
leather boots.
Maria Garcia Teutsch is a poet, teacher and editor. She has two chapbooks; Pussy (Henry Miller Library 2013) and Chronicles of Violence (Henry Miller Library 2012), For more please go to www.marialoveswords.com.