(now don't immediately scramble to find the link, hear what i have to say first.)
first, the verbs
banging. hammering. attacking. punching. knocking out. ramming. ramming head against the wall. shooting. riding a bronco. spewing. beat the piss out of. push into a wall or table. sweep legs so as to incur falling. punch in the head.
now, the nouns
tramp. nasty wombat. big fat no-good worthless slob. whale. trollop. chick. girl.
every sex act involves a term referring violence. of one person dominating another. if you had seen the list of words without knowing their context, you could have easily thought i was referring to a fight or battle.
the nouns clearly depicted who its intended recipient was and exactly how it was meant to make her feel. to maintain control, to exert force or to manipulate. to demean her and make her feel used and worthless. dirty for a being a witness to his guilt and shame.
and the only thing i can think of is the slant by ani difranco:
... the sound of them strong
stalking talking about their prey
like the way hammer meets nail
pounding, they say
pounding out the rhythms of attraction
like a woman was a drum like a body was a weapon
like there was something more they wanted
than the journey
like it was owed to them
steel toed they walk
and i'm wondering why this fear of men?
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