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Eve's Striptease by Julia Kasdorf

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4.0

Kasdorf is one of my favorite poets. Her poems are witty, accessible, and about everyday activities, but often with a twist at the end. Unusual, I think, from a person from a Mennonite background, much of her poetry speaks to sexual urges and desires. The poem titled, "Sinning," begins

When I was seven mom asked if I knew
what rabbits in the hutch were up to.
"Fucking" farm cousins told me long before.
"We call it intercourse," she said
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