[[ Wordplay on Vestal and vestigial, to begin with, and building on that to make this a woman literally in touch with her vestigial characteristics. ]]
The vestigial virgin
The vestigial virgin
in morning retraces
the route she retraces
each morning she rises.
She touches
the tip of her tongue
to her four wisdom teeth.
She touches
her tailbone and where
her appendix might be.
She feels the hair rise on her skin
and continues the tour
and comes away pure.
She chases
a tingle that leaves her
completely in tears.
She rubs her
third eyelids and curls and
wriggles her ears.
She feels the hair rise on her skin
and continues the tour
and comes away pure.
