Unsee Me ManA Poem by ToniSee me woman / treat me manSee me, woman, treat me man. Do all you can to ignore my waist my food intake my lack of grace the sheepish look upon my face at sight of woman reserved for man.
Can you not see me, woman, yet speak as man would to another instead of other; hunny, sweet, shy 'bright enough' or, still more rough, pretty. Parts a'bud to you with meaning are but misleading happenstance of flesh.
I stand here, woman, soul of mankind as any other. Stoic, proud (despite my training) as I await my next castrating. © 2013 Toni |
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