A Focus on Vaginas

What is happening to the world,

when did the ‘other’ become in charge

you know the one who flunked biology

the one who had issues, who went away

before high school was done

And then came back and went to a college

struggled and flunked out

blaming the lazy faculty for their academic failures

while they were popular and admired by their peers

and wasn’t that enough to earn passing grades

And rode that admiration into life

with no knowledge of the world,

saying vaginas can be seen by tiny swallowed cameras.

but I fail, having passed biology, to understand how the gut is connected

to the female reproductive system

I do see striking similarities

mandated burqas  and mandates against yoga pants

God forbid the sight of the outline of vagina would drive men crazy

and away from God, especially if you were focused

on those part of a woman anatomy in the first place

I fail again to make the connection

between fungus and cancer

I suppose I could understand this

if I had never gone to school, never listened in class

never took notes, never asked questions

I will drink baking soda prophylactically

My ignorance is profound and I am ashamed

I fail to see why yoga pants are more important than health insurance

than a budget for education

than adequate food for all people

access to medical care

I fail to understand why woman’s gynecological exams

Warrant public vetting

And I especially don’t understand bunk science

That touts medical miracles if you just go to Nevada

Baking soda tiny cameras and no yoga pants will be the salvation of us all

If we forget that we were once educated