PATRIARCHY
Wendy Allen
When I pull out my menstrual cup, I am drugged by the heavy silent sleep that accompanies bleeding and knock my bloodied cup to the floor. My red spilt milk remains within the confines of the fake Victorian tiles as if afraid of spreading outside of the lines. I do not cry but clean it up. When I return later, I can still see the outline of this perfect pool of blood on the porcelain and I choose to leave it there.