EVA YAA ASANTEWAA

void, of course

"Void of Course Moon" is an astrological term meaning
that period of 2½ days when the moon moves between
one sign (say, Libra) and the next (Scorpio).

moon passes through two
and a half days at loose ends
the planet of connections not connecting
two and half days between worlds
let's journey make magick time for nothing
but space and space and space and
spinning the dial twisting the dial
going out of focus
whatever
don't start anew
don't draw the line
elect against that surgery
no contracts
no marriage vows
of course
it's void
of course
moon
 

she made him an offer he couldn't refuse and
he made her a promise he couldn't keep

1.

she made him an offer
he couldn't refuse

and he made her a promise
he couldn't keep

2.

no moss
grows
on my astral
body
declared eros before falling
asleep

3.

he made her an offer
she couldn't refuse

and she made him a promise
she couldn't keep

4.

psyche
stared
into oily, burning
welts
she might have—
the thought occurred—
dropped hot nickels on his
pretty back or divined
runes
of the future she now saw
firmly closed
gates
fronting blasted bridges

5.

he made her a promise
she couldn't refuse

and she made him an offer
he couldn't keep

6.

crosstown bird's
in the wind again
in the wind

7.

he made her a promise
he couldn't remember

and she made her
self
scarce

Eva Yaa Asantewaa's poetry appears in several anthologies, including The Zenith of Desire: Contemporary Lesbian Poems about Sex; Does Your Mama Know? An Anthology of Black Lesbian Coming Out Stories and Queer Dog: Homo Pup Poetry, as well as in Brooklyn Review, Kuumba, Starfish, WV, Tempus, The Isis Papers, and the Pegasus Dreaming, Star Leaper, and Pedestal Magazine Web sites. Her writing will appear in An Eye for An Eye Makes the Whole World Blind: Poets on 9/11 (Regent Press) and Spirited: Affirming the Soul and Black Gay/Lesbian Identity (Redbone Press). She is the Dance Editor of the new theater/performing arts magazine, On & Off. Since 1976, she has covered dance for print and online publications including Dance Magazine, Soho News, and The Village Voice. As a WBAI radio broadcaster (1987-89), Eva worked with the Women's Radio Collective and the Gay and Lesbian Independent Broadcasters Collective (OUTLOOKS), and co-hosted the Tuesday Afternoon Arts Magazine and produced her own specials. See DancingWorld, Eva's monthly eNewsletter at www.yahoogroups.com/group/DancingWorld