Designer Vagina
Let’s say a toy poodle shaped ice cube
melts into her drink. Leaves her
longing for that past precision haircut.
What’s the difference between standard and toy?
What’s the difference between slime mold and doll
injection mold? They can’t quiver and whimper
if they’re not real, he said, referring to her breasts.
We all know they’re implants, not live puppies,
but what’s the difference between a cyst and an ectopic pregnancy?
Her designer vagina doubles as a door for a tiny dog
to independently enter & exit, to do its business.
The doggie bag contains so many tubes
of candy lipstick, nobody knows what for.
Designer Vagina
The heaviness of this body, raw biscuit dough
swelling out of its tube. Is she wrong
to want to be more like a patisserie,
instead of a discount grocery store.
An exotic candy-making machine
instead of a homey spoon rest.
Home girl swirled with lard ass.
Pink foam egg carton wastebasket.
She doesn’t want to burst at the seams.
She wants to stay intact and gleam.
Designer Vagina
Cutting coupons on dotted lines. Sharpen the scissors
and paper into scalpel and flesh. Clip the Extra, Extra
outer lips into new currency, a different kind of
purchasing power. Ruffles have ridges,
Always have wings, rip them. You’re wrong
if you think this is surreal; it is hyper-real.
As in hyper body awareness. Can you feel the humor?
The vitreous humor in your eyes about to explode.
Your voice box wanting to burst forth from the con-
stricting column of your throat. So what happens if
this desire works its way down to the nether regions?
Do you spread your legs and let it fly?
Do you ask your surgeon to butterfly? 
Juliet Cook’s poetry has appeared in Diagram, Dusie, Everyday Genius, Robot Melon, WOMB, and many more online and print sources. She is editor and publisher of Blood Pudding Press. She is author of numerous chapbooks, most recently including MONDO CRAMPO (dusie kollektiv 3), PINK LEOTARD & SHOCK COLLAR (Spooky Girlfriend Press), and Tongue Like a Stinger (Wheelhouse). Her first full-length poetry collection, Horrific Confection, was published by BlazeVOX.
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