“A Dyke takes over America,” Poem, Essie Linzy.

Written By Wesley R. Bishop

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.

Wesley R. Bishop
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