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Middle-Aged White Woman (Free verse) by Dovina

Maybe it’s time. You look at me and see a symbol of conservative acts that hurt you. My kind abused your kind. Now with your freedom, your authority, your power, it’s time for retribution. Go ahead, ignore me, don’t hire me belittle me in your verse skip over me at your readings. My ancestors did it to your ancestors. You have the right. It’s a new experience for me, that’s all. Maybe it’s time.

zodiac 9-Apr-05/10:18 PM
This is among the top, oh, five most disastrous things you've ever written. Some questions:

1) What "freedom", "authority" and "power"? Oh, you mean the Black President. Or maybe you mean for the oppressed in your poem to be Middle-aged white women, and the oppressed group men who would be secretaries but (until recently) were denied the opportunity.

2) Are you being ironic?

3) Do you know?

4) If you are, do you really mean the exact opposite (like ironists tend to do)?

5) Have you ever read Margaret Atwood's short story "Rape Fantasies"? You should.

6) Do you think you can still be friends with al-naafiiysh, blacksoul, and jroday after this?

7) No vote.




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