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A good whatever time of day it is for you, Poetry People. It has certainly been volatile in this little space during the past few sessions. You never know exactly what you're going to get around here. Will it be the sage wisdom of Ornery Owl? Will it be the feminist outrage of Sly Fawkes? Or will it perhaps be something like the above?
The Writers Digest prompt for today asks participants to write a Blank of the Blank poem.
The NaPoWriMo prompt asks participants to use their poems to describe what something isn't.
To make a long story short, my poem is called Witch of the Prairie, and it contains lines such as "I am not your pet" and "I will never be your girl." So, yeah, Sly snuck in there again. Sly will never rest as long as society continues giving her so much material to work with.
Sometimes I think I'm too old to still be fighting this shit. By "this shit," I of course mean misogyny. Couldn't I just leave that battle up to younger warriors who aren't as tired as I am?
The answer is no, I cannot.
Older women are constantly informed that we're useless. We're out of touch with the times. We have nothing relevant to say. Certainly, we have no sex appeal.
I call bullshit on that crap. Older women have wisdom and experience, and we don't put up with anyone's shit. If someone tries to shame me for my lack of sex appeal, I'll laugh. I don't give a damn about sex. I've been done with that nonsense for years. Ditto caring about being perceived as attractive.
I have more important things to concern myself with, such as learning how to turn misogynists into toads. Toads are better than mansplainers any day.
~The Wicked Witch Has Spoken~
Image by Square Frog from Pixabay
Here is what I was listening to while creating this wicked post.
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