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Every Woman is a History Book

Every woman is a history book 

Detailing a lifetime of hardship 

Footnotes of little slights and dismissals

Whole chapters on attacks and pain 

Illustrations of wiping away tears 

Putting on a brave face 

And getting on with it 

Because there is no other choice

Sometimes their history is a shared one 

An oral history of similar acts 

Strategies to get through it all

To rise above and keep going

A tribe that looks to its borders 

With distrust and anger 

Knowing their own history 

And looking to change it 

Love These Days

I saw my father plucking scales 

From a mermaid’s tail 

To make a necklace for my mother

Which isn’t an excuse 

But it is an explanation

My friend met a boy 

Who doesn’t call her back

But does text her friends 

She took a swig of wine 

And said, “If I found out 

that Taylor Swift hunted men for sport

I’d fucking get it” 

As for me, I need to get out there

But there’s this pile of books

That I really need to get to