I haven't been able to get this one out of my head. There are so, so many layers of vulnerability, violence, frustration, loneliness, temptation, the list goes on. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this too--love it, hate it, agree/disagree with it, relate to it. It definitely struck a peculiar chord that resonated with me deeply, albeit from the perspective of the male gender.

TRIGGER WARNING - Abuse, domestic violence

Is a man just an animal, and is a woman not an animal?

Is the name of the animal power?

Is it true that the man wishes to see the woman

hurt with her own pleasure

and the woman wishes to see the expression on the man's face

of someone falling from great height,

that the woman thrills with the power of her weakness

and the man is astonished by the weakness of his power?

Listen here: Adam and Eve

Read the whole poem here