woman cat witch bad girl from head to toe knows she will be
met with indifference interrogation and humiliation
and remember “curiosity killed the cat” they say
and saw that g.b. shaw said “the whole purpose of
nature embodied in a woman can enslave a man” (really)
what’s wrong with you don’t cover your ears can’t you behave
uncross your arms stop it not true you should be ashamed
so alarming how your imagination is just a bad dream it seems
calm down don’t you speak these words again to anyone repeat
family secret did not happen refrain be seen and not heard
forgive and forget domestic violence against belly and brain
fold your hands church knows best love honor and obey cliché
divorce is a grave sin and you woman original sinner evil eve
and your child will be judgment met ostracized otherized taboo
you even on death bed will never receive sacraments again
see jane run with her mother’s legs of natural instincts
she knows her body is her oldest best friend with feet
she knows her body does not lie arms held high dancing
she knows body language is her first language intrinsic
mouth voicing juicy lips singing soulful hands rebirthing
an evolutionary pathway in her morphological narration
a self taught creatrix emersed in truth serum visceral wisdom
a poetess emerges unfolding full body feminine intelligence
Linda Marie
22 May 2021