Sunday, February 22, 2009
Her Stories
Her magnitude intimidates
she’s too quick,
too complicated,
and too aggressive
as if her anger and sorrow were baseless.
The other one buys his stories
she’s too quick
to wish for leaders
and conditioned to submit
as if incapable of leading herself.
We all facilitate his equations
Mary is to passive
what passive is to good
and what whore is to strength
is what is so threatening.
© 2009 Marcy Stoeckel
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Dazzling. Simply dazzling.
ReplyDeleteGave me a chill thrill... ;~]
Thank you, P.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Patrice. Flex those poetic muscles!
ReplyDelete"We all facilitate his equations" is such a good line!
interesting, complicated, these
ReplyDeletewomen you've poemed.
Thank you so much, Bryan. :-)
ReplyDeleteNadege - They are indeed interesting and complicated ... thank you sincerely for the comment!