Wednesday, September 14, 2016

oh god, another uppity woman 4


audrey marie munson

american venus

the most visible woman

you’ve never seen

years ago, silent screen

new york nude statues

her pose

 

institutionalized

where she died

diagnosis: crazy

but i imagine

she was what this world

would not tolerate

a woman with a mind of her own

 

after all she never married

never became a possession

even though she was the one

every man wanted to possess

 

i often think christ

knew the true hearts of the men

who dragged the woman before him

 

if she was caught

in the very act of adultery

wouldn't that mean

a man was on the scene?

only the woman

was deserving of death

for sex

 

whore

 

the man was probably

at the market to score

a leg of lamb

to bring home for his wife

to cook

 

now we have a female

running for president

isn’t it evident

women are now equal?

 

today’s women are a sequel

to audrey

as john lennon sang

“woman is the nigger of the world”

 

and like those men long ago

ready to cast stones

the heart of males hasn’t changed

 

equality is a fable

unless a woman strives to be

a pleasure for a man

she is labeled

 

oh audrey

as don mclean said about vincent

you deserved better

you died fettered

because you dared to speak

instead of accepting your mouth

was only good for one thing

 

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