Professor

She is a female
She is a homosexual
She is a professional
She is an amazing woman

To you is she just a stupid lesbian?

She was my professor
...twice
and was to be again
...multiple times

To you was she just a teacher?

We refuse to let her go
We will keep her here if we can
If not, we will,
at least in our reflections.

Legalization

Caffeine is a drug
used for recreational purposes
on a very wide basis.
Just think -
if everyone was smoking
pot instead...
We might have a
peaceful, accepting place
in which to live.

You're Selling Yourself Short

Stupid girls.
Why can't you become women -
think for yourselves
like you for your
stop selling your body
to those other girls
       for them to judge
telling you what to be
       skinner
       taller
       tanner
       buy bigger boobs
       buy smaller – shorter – tighter clothing
       you can't eat that
       too many calories
       we have to diet
       go to the gym
       don't talk to them
       (they are a nerd)
STOP
selling your bodies for them to judge.
You don't need them.
You don't need to pay for friends.

Poor little girl.
Don't you know any better?
Did no one elver tell you they love you
       - without asking you for sex?
Has no one ever told you you're pretty
       - just the way you are?
Have you not been appreciated
       - for using your own brain?

Pretty girl.
Wake up.
Look around.
There is more to the world
than this.

The Benefits of Womanhood

I may not be physically as strong as you,
but mentally, I am at least your equal
and my words cut deeper than your strength

I may not have a penis,
but I don't envy it,
and I can play sports without plastic between my legs.

I may not have a visible erection,
but I still get very aroused
and, by the way, I have more nerve endings than you.

Not A Man

I am not a man
I am not a “lesser version of a man”*
I am a different creature.
I am a woman.
We are made from different structures.
We are still human.

When will the men of the world,
the men of our lives,
the men who say they love us,
look [stop and really look]
at how they treat the
women they say they love.



* Byrne, J. O God of Players. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003.

Older

Someday I will be old.
I will have wrinkles
and gray hair.
My body will start to fail,
my parts won't function correctly.

But it will be alright.

I am content to know
my wrinkles will be from
smile lines, not UV rays,
my gray hair will be
au natural, and not dyed,
my body may be sore, but
is going through something normal,
something that has been part of every
woman's life.

Assumptions

You look at me and assume
you know
my life goals
my family values
my aspirations
my views

“You are female,
you are liberationist,
you don't like men
you do like women
you do like children”

How wrong you are.
How dare you judge
what you do not know.

Clamoring for Sleep

there are not enough hours in the day
for everything that needs to happen.
often, personal thought is what suffers,
this saddens me.