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The Prairie Light ReviewVolume 13Number 2 Peak Through The Window Article 50Spring 5-1-1994The Devil's WhoreGlen BrownCollege of DuPageFollow this and additional works at: https://dc.cod.edu/plrThis Selection is brought to you for free and open access by the College Publications at DigitalCommons@COD. It has been accepted for inclusion inThe Prairie Light Review by an authorized editor of DigitalCommons@COD. For more information, please contact orenick@cod.edu.Recommended CitationBrown, Glen (1994) "The Devil's Whore," The Prairie Light Review: Vol. 13 : No. 2 , Article 50.Available at: https://dc.cod.edu/plr/vol13/iss2/5047The Devil’s WhoreGlen BrownNothing could have prepared usfor that first day of class:our libidos impaled suddenlyby a film of copulating mantidsbehind a Chinese elm,the female's slender bodywith wings like leaves,rotating head and bulging eyes.We soon discovered the thorax of love,how her posture of prayingand quivering foreplayturned to a quick thrust of spiny forelegs,locking him in a cloak of bug lust.We could not help but wonderwhat drew him to herfor his one flight of ecstasy,that he would continue to matelong after his head was devouredby her bitting mandibles."The devil's whore," the teacher called her.No one asked the question,and we filed quietly out of the room.The girls, whispering,appeared to sway down the hallwhile we, bug-eyed, quickly passed them.1Brown: The Devil's WhorePublished by DigitalCommons@COD, 1994

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