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it must be nice. (or: why i don't write much about my past) (Other) by kthulah to hear with horror others' histories
to have to work to muster sympathies
to imagine what it feels like instead of knowing
to feel a shock as if it is mindblowing
to fear that it could happen to you someday
to buy hope in a can of pepper spray
it must be nice
to know that someone gives a damn for you
to write as if they care what you've been through
to blast your pain to unsuspecting eyes
to answer at least retroactively your cries
to have them "poor girl" you and not "butch up"
to drink from the feminist communion cup
it must be nice
but some of us don't get to be depressed
we live or die ecstatic or distressed
with no one but each other to lean on
for others think we're born to shit upon
the strong survive the weak just fall and rot
wandering in the streets or just forgot
so count your blessings for at least your curse
if not relieved so timely could be worse
Up the ladder:
Evening
Down the ladder:
Roadmeat
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Posted: August 23, 2002 5:09 AM PDT; Last modified: August 23, 2002 5:09 AM PDTWeighted score: 4.7854347 Overall Rank: 11292 Comments:
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god'swife @ 24.126.113.154
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23-Aug-02/9:27 AM
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It's got 1 decent phrase in it, otherwise it's ridiculous. I mean if you bought a book and this was the kind of poetry you found in it you would be disappointed. Just because you can write doesn't mean you can Write. 1/10 for femenist communion cup.
god's wife: you're a whiny, pompous, arrogant bitch who wouldn't recognize good writing if it bit her in her middle-class ass. Though you can write moderately well, somehow you miss the point of every thing you read.
yes darling, but what did you think of the poem?
I'll admit, the metre is a bit off, but those are the feelings, and that's how I put them out. It's what so many of us want to say, but are afraid to, because you're not allowed to remind a woman that Nature is neutral, and not on anybody's side but the strong, even if you are a woman who's been through hell.
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