People are fallible creatures,
infallible being, of course, perfect,
and therefore fallible meaning
imperfect?

The fall of man
The fall of an apple onto Newton’s head
The apple falling, half-eaten, onto the ground
where God questioned Adam.
Like a man, he blames another, and
Like a woman, Eve hushes her mouth
and takes it.

I, a woman, fall and scrape my knees
Outside in front of a crowd of young men
(boys),
and they do nothing to aid
in the pavement’s punishment for my clumsiness.

And I, a woman, stand
    (up for myself?)
knees creaking, tendons snapping,
brush the dirt off the hole in my
thick, black, bloodied tights,
and grit my teeth in waiting
for what will come next.

For, just because we are
fallible,
doesn’t mean we cannot stand up.