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Summoning H HALEH HATAMI This is a song about women This is a dance about respect Napoleon man, smallish man, squawks into his wife’s corsage, tries to outtalk her in front of the wedding guest. She takes her cue. Her words fade back, her eyes glaze. The orchid withers on her silk lapel like the night he deflowered her. Tattered man in a chipped blue truck slams on the brakes in front of Church’s Chicken to make his point clear. His woman can’t be seen behind the veil of black hair hanging, protecting her from his barking. She’s a very bad dog. Balding man calls his wife of -odd years a cretin in front of her children and friends. Schoolyard bully stomps on her head and claims he’s King of Kings. She fingers her bracelets and laughs, embarrassed at how stupid she can be. We dance a dance of respect to summon a force lying dormant in her breast.Women strength from mothers’ milk left the moment she caught his eye. SUMMONING 197 ...

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