I’m the “Princess” Story Book,
Full of things so fine —
You really have to study me,
If you want to read between my lines!
I’m the lovey-dovey dove,
Singing and flirting! — You be
The tree I perch in. Shush! Don’t move!
Everybody’s listening and looking at me!
I’m the garden spiderweb
Spangled and diamonded with dew....
The angle where I display myself,
That’s you.
I’m the black orchid, I’m the blue rose —
I beautify every spot
In which I pose.
You? The pot.
I’m a perky blade of grass,
I feel pretteee! I feel pretteee, and witteee, and ... pretteee!
You be the dandy lyin’ weed
— What do you mean, you “don’t agree”?
I can be anything! Do anything, I can!
Because I am Woman! You hear me?
—What do you mean, you don’t want to be
What I say?
Aw, you ain’t no man,
Anyway.
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2 comments:
Loved ! Loved ! Loved ! This Poem !!
Over several years, I have posted a few poems, including this one, that could be construed as misogynist. Such an inference would be inaccurate, however. Each of the poems is in fact a response to a specific stimulus. The present poem is a response to "Woman," by a fairly well known feminist, Nikki Giovanni. If anyone thinks that my poem is unfair, he should read Nikki's work.
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