“A Dyke takes over America,” Poem, Essie Linzy.
The White House is now The Clam Shell.
The Oval Office – a pearl.
all of this mysterious musk
wrapped around unsuspecting necks.
women piss outside
with wit and pointed clits.
men learn to sit down
the toilet seats are clean.
this Dyke aims to please
The inauguration is a ball
RuPaul is the emcee
We drag ourselves out of recession
We fuck on the front lawn
We Make America Gay Again
we redesign the flag
a more indigenous hue
& you ask not what your country can do for you
ask a Dyke what her tongue has done for this country?
Essie Linzy is a Chicago-born, New Orleans-based poet and multidisciplinary creative whose work is rooted in truth-telling, tenderness, and transformation. Her debut poetry collection, And God said, Let There Be Dykes, explores queer identity, desire, and spiritual reclamation through a Black, butch lens.