Colette Peignot

[Acephale]

The poem is about women who are influenced by texts that are pornographic, vulgar, misogynistic or sadistic in nature. Whether all meaning is by contrast, a fear of death, or you are death driven, it's in a sense our only real love affair.

> How is interest in pornography or BDSM a fear of death? The two are not related.

They are, in fact, related. Death drive means a compulsion towards death just to clarify. Sade and Mirebeau use pornography in their work, but the nature of their work is ultimately philosophical. Many surrealists, existentialists, dadaists, and nihilists would later use them as evidence for arguments or a source of inspiration. The only thing you need to take away is that everything constructed is relative to death. 

The texts themselves were not created with the notion women were equals, so as a woman, you develop a sense of humor. You can see its brilliance, but the content itself is misogynistic. BDSM power structures were used to make political arguments, and later used to link death and sensuality. 

I did have something in mind when I wrote this. It's probably just too esoteric, and now that I look at it I think it's missing a stanza.