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That man is naked
that woman is not
that woman wears a uniform
a United States uniform

she's tiny
she looks so young
girls, women
don't do these things
I know
I learned in
deviance class

that's a leash
No, of course,
it can't be a leash
the army wouldn't have
leashes lying around
but it looks like a leash

and the man
with the leash
which is not a leash
is naked
in his body
which is not a body
we don't do this

Irigaray says of sex
the sex
which is not one
that sexual difference
THE sexual difference
which is not one
matters
we don't do this

sex, sexualities
bodies, not bodies
not sex
torture
we don't do this

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