Tonight's Poet Corner: Knowledge Is Power

Knowledge Is Power
by Belinda Roddie

I was today years old
when I discovered
why Triscuit is called Triscuit -

that George Harrison was the one
who did that popular cover of
Rudy Clark's "Got My Mind Set On You" -

that cucumber doesn't taste
that bad in sushi if you just
pretend it isn't there -

that white lesbians shouldn't
use the word stud because it
belongs to working class

African-American lesbians,
so just call yourself dyke
or butch, for Gay Christ's sake -

and that I can no longer tell
the difference between skunk
smell and the odor of some

seriously dank weed.
Quarantine may be a bitch,
but I'm learnin' every day!

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