Prose
Blood in the Water
Performed at If Pussy Could Talk, August 2019
Mix soap and cold water on a white cloth. Then dab the affected area.
If this is ineffective, pour hydrogen peroxide directly onto the stain and leave for 20 to 25 minutes.
– Quick Google: hydrogen peroxide.
– Result: Compound H2O2. Apparently used in concentrated forms to propel rockets.
Like any woman in heat, is often described as “unstable."
December
A coming of age story in three parts
PART ONE:
Between the ages of about 12 and 20, my Decembers were set in a small seaside town, in the Eastern Cape. That would have been true for hundreds of other privileged pubescents, whose families made the annual pilgrimage to Kenton-on-Sea. Among them were those of us who schooled in Makhanda, formerly Grahamstown. For years, we called it ‘The G-Spot,’ without any real understanding – either of the city or the pleasure-point.
Love in the Time of Abortion
Published and recorded by Clue
Even before I started having it, I knew more about sex than most kids my age. I had studied the illustrated books about ‘where babies come from’, sat mesmerized through a primary school video of the uterus shedding its lining; and imbibed hours of break-time chatter about how to find the hole where tampons go.