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POETRY / Bigfoot VS. The Clitoris / McKenzie Hurder / Writer of the Month

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Both are probably bigger than what you’re imagining.
According to Wikipedia, the average bigfoot
is 6-9 feet tall, which is, like, prime NBA height
since Michael Jordan is 6’6” —

New career idea: I want to be a crypto-doctor
who measures myths
since “poetry” isn’t hiring anyway. I could
sharpie the door casing to track
baby bigfoot’s growth each year
at his annual checkup.

Huff Post says 75% of the clitoris
is inside the body. Huff Post calls it
buried treasure,​ which means
the 25% you can see is X
marks the spot, which, unlike
bigfoot, you can literally just google
a treasure map to
AT!! ANY!! TIME!!

Bigfoot is just speculation
but then again so is the clitoris.
Like just because Kyle
treats your body like a labyrinth
doesn’t mean it is,

why are men still out here
looking for bigfoot
in the middle of the U.S.
when he ​clearly isn’t there

and still out here
looking for the clitoris
in the crease of my thigh
when ​it clearly isn’t there!!

New theory: bigfoot is out there.
He’s real. But only queer women know where.


McKenzie Hurder is a recent graduate from UMass Boston. Her work has appeared in Fleas on the Dog, Rose Quartz Magazine, The Horny Poetry Review, Allegory Ridge’s Aurora Anthology, and is forthcoming in The East Jasmine Review. Follow her on Instagram @elwyn_esque