**** shaming women
is a form of ****** harassment.

“Do you ever think about dying?”

“All the time, Barbie.
and I think I’m starting
to get bad again.”

To be a women is to choose between
being a thot or having thoughts.

I don’t know if it’s possible
to be delicate when the serpents
survive solely on insecurities &
intrusive thoughts.

I’m confident that if all the King’s Men
were women, Humpty Dumpty
would have survived.

Call me hysterical all you want.

Some of the greatest artists were
[are] hysterical women.

when you are a woman
you bleed the burden of being one
literally within every month
and metaphorically every single day
you polish the plates clean
you cook the cake delectable
you plan the garden to grow plants
you figure out your figures
you beg to be believed
you serve to be esteemed
you scream to be heard
to be seen, to be listened,
to speak, to be free
you consume the rage given
passed and inherited
genetically and immanently
you are born
yet you give birth too
being a woman is a revolution

Look at me,
How slick and sleek.
A lipstick to wear
With blush on my cheek.

A corset tied tight
To cut my breath.
A queasy,
Uneasy
Feeling lingers through my chest.

You took my neck,
One hand down my vest.

But I look my best,
As you say to the rest.

I am worthy now,

I have passed your test.

When I uproot the hairs sprouting from the glabella
and strip my cupid’s bow of its wildflowers,
Frida Kahlo writhes in her grave.

She haunts me.

“You are beautiful.”
[unibrow and all]

“You are beautiful.”
[moustache and all]

“You are beautiful.”
[sadness and all]