SECRETS OF WOMEN: The Alchemy of Gender Did you whisper something about women's secrets last evening while we strolled through our garden as the sun turned golden, then russet, and then finally black? You could spend lifetimes exploring such questions, yet only comprehend a fraction of your garden, not to mention the host of stars beyond many small dark corners of space. Garden onions, which most scholars consider unique to our planet, might seem insignificant or weak, yet their pungency will overwhelm your chakras & short-circuit all logic until their terminal buds implant deep in your brain. Is emotional intimacy necessary for arousal? I'm afraid this is a question philosophers should never ask. However ancient manuscripts suggest if viable seeds are present, & the stars are aligned just right, then warmth, sunlight, water, and gentle earth will likely suffice. Let's be honest: onions add flavor to otherwise bland culinary plates especially while gardens are in their autumnal phase or a deep wintry sleep. In the right amount, onions are worthy of relish, perhaps even worship. Succulent onions can transform or even the dullest of victuals into exquisite culinary escapades. Is that not gustatory heaven – almost? Don: (frowning in disdain) This is meaningless psycho-babble . . . Cindy: (sighing) I hate it when men write about the 'secrets' of women. How arrogant! ===================================================================================== from _Love Poems: Nonsense from the Heart_ SUMMARY: Some arcane gibberish about onions, arousal, and femininity. KEYWORDS: female identity, objectivist poetry, gender alchemy, deconstructing femininity Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 2006 in Tokyo, Japan / Finished: 2020 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/LovePoemz/touchof.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/LovePoemz/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/LovePoemz/pml.htm TRANSLATIONS Chinese https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/n-mimi.htm Japanese https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/j-himitsu.htm Spanish https://www.tnewfields.info/es/mujeres.htm