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“When The Slut Stripped”
When he, the slut, stripped nude for the crowd
He cried out “MARRY ME, MARRY ME”
To no one in particular.
Later that night on tv after he saw her
After he saw Beyonce sing of single ladies
That night like any flaming man, like any burning man
Who yearned to wear a white wedding dress,
He looked in the mirror and sang not cried
While draping himself
With the white tablecloth on his kitchen table.
Ashok Rajamani is a poet, writer, and artist in New York City. In 2000, at the age of 25, his brain exploded at his brother's wedding. He wrote a memoir about it. "The Day My Brain Exploded" will be published by Algonquin Books in July 2012.
