xxvii. guide to being a perfect woman

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guide to being a perfect woman

the woman

"You must be prim."
Ladies must dress a certain way.

"You must be proper."
Put your creativity away.

"You must be educated."
You'll amount to nothing otherwise.

"You must abstain."
The devil feeds off of a whore's cries.

"You must sound smart."
Act like you belong or bare the shame.

"You must be covered."
Remember, you are always to blame.

the man

"She is a prude."
But she followed all of your rules.

"She thinks she knows it all."
You've made her into a fool's fool.

"She is boring."
You dulled the colour she personified.

"She is a slut."
For making a choice about her own body.

"She's a smart mouth."
Because she does it better than you.

"She's left nothing for us to see."
Nothing to objectify, whatever will you do?

// R. M

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