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You roll your eyes Tut at me Like I've somehow forgotten my place Suddenly too big for these lines you drew around me And now I am a threat   Words like razor blades Of truth and equality Too sharp for you to swallow. But it was you. It was you who forgot your place long ago When a woman's right to defend herself Was deemed less important than your ego. I will always burst out the seams Of these stitches that spell compliance You thread into my female skin.
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Jul 2, 2017
Jul 2, 2017 at 2:19 PM UTC
On talking feminism
You roll your eyes Tut at me Like I've somehow forgotten my place Suddenly too big for these lines you drew around me And now I am a threat   Words like razor blades Of truth and equality Too sharp for you to swallow. But it was you. It was you who forgot your place long ago When a woman's right to defend herself Was deemed less important than your ego. I will always burst out the seams Of these stitches that spell compliance You thread into my female skin.
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Jul 2, 2017
Jul 2, 2017 at 2:19 PM UTC
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