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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 22-Apr-05/10:48 AM
I know you don't, despite that I've tried to point it out in about a half-dozen different ways. You can't say that it favors blacks because (nominally) acknowledges (distant past) white mistakes and offers a kind of compensation. For the last time, suppose I said the following:

Go ahead, Dovina, post 25 comments on poemranker tonight. In the Middle Ages, men regularly oppressed women. Now that there's no inequality between men and women, go wild.

Yes, I know I'm exaggerating. That's not the point. What would you think about me saying that? Would you think I was feminist? Would you not think one or more of the following?

- In the Middle Ages? What the fuck is he talking about?
- No inequality? What about women making 70 cents on men's dollar in America?
- Who is he to say how many comments I can post on poemranker?
- I was going to post 25 comments anyway.

In short, would you not feel a little condescended to and indignant?

Please, please just answer these questions.

PS-No one is seriously suggestiong that saying one race is slightly worse than another justifies favoritism. I don't know where you got that, unless it was from some ironic comment of -=Dark_Angel=-P.I.'s that I've forgotten. If anything, your poem is the only thing justifying favoritism.

PPS-I'm not worried about defending -=Dark_Angel=-,P.I.. I'm worried about getting his respect back after mistakenly calling Goad 'as vernal as spring' ages ago.




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