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"bikinis" poems
if i was a girl i wouldn’t shave i’d be a tomboy ballerina with upper body muscles maybe a **** or surfer girl smell a little subtle i’d be tough learn to take a punch but i’d also be fragile sensitive intelligent i’d dress down like female ducks gray beige brown yet wear thongs boots bikinis heals girl stuff if i was a girl i’d be freaked out by ************ and even more freaked out by menopause depressed i lost my wetness if i was a girl i’d flash *** crotch drive boys wild be a complete nymphomaniac **** until i found the right guy he’d be strong gentle patient caring with a cute ***** i don’t care how big if i was a girl i’d learn to give blow jobs really good acquire a taste for ***** and play that skill as my trump card if i was a girl i’d find a job roll up my sleeves be a hard worker impress my managers become a manager quit i would find another type of work maybe a writer painter if i was a girl i wouldn’t compete with men i’d simply be more creative smarter if i was a girl i’d want to give birth as scary profound as that might be i’d want to be a mom a nurturing loving attentive mom i’d garden cook sew clean stand by my man my children devoted to home and hearth if i was a girl i’d cry a lot but not in front of anyone if i was a girl i wouldn’t want to become an old woman surrounded by other old women taking care of sick old men or no old men if i was a girl i’d want to die instantly in an accident or in bed reaching ****** age 82 if i was a girl
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Sep 29, 2010
Sep 29, 2010 at 7:37 AM UTC
if i was a girl
if i was a girl i wouldn’t shave i’d be a tomboy ballerina with upper body muscles maybe a **** or surfer girl smell a little subtle i’d be tough learn to take a punch but i’d also be fragile sensitive intelligent i’d dress down like female ducks gray beige brown yet wear thongs boots bikinis heals girl stuff if i was a girl i’d be freaked out by ************ and even more freaked out by menopause depressed i lost my wetness if i was a girl i’d flash *** crotch drive boys wild be a complete nymphomaniac **** until i found the right guy he’d be strong gentle patient caring with a cute ***** i don’t care how big if i was a girl i’d learn to give blow jobs really good acquire a taste for ***** and play that skill as my trump card if i was a girl i’d find a job roll up my sleeves be a hard worker impress my managers become a manager quit i would find another type of work maybe a writer painter if i was a girl i wouldn’t compete with men i’d simply be more creative smarter if i was a girl i’d want to give birth as scary profound as that might be i’d want to be a mom a nurturing loving attentive mom i’d garden cook sew clean stand by my man my children devoted to home and hearth if i was a girl i’d cry a lot but not in front of anyone if i was a girl i wouldn’t want to become an old woman surrounded by other old women taking care of sick old men or no old men if i was a girl i’d want to die instantly in an accident or in bed reaching ****** age 82 if i was a girl
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I am carved in scars In stretches, in mars and imperfections Blood, sweat, thick skin. Roots of strength and passion and pride I will not trade my high mentality for your low approval I am a queen of Africa Untamed, ****** hair, color: opaque Killed, straightened, whitened Westernized, hypnotized, it's this way or the highway. Bleached skin, egotistical chocolate, pale skin Contacts in shades of green, blue, hiding murky eyes Size 0, size 1, size 3, stop. Hips do lie, only flat and thin. Push up bras, Barbie ******* corset waists. Bikinis, mini skirts, cleavage, to hell with tradition. I am carved in makeup In luster, attention and perfection No longer, blood, sweat, thick skin Lost roots of strength and passion and pride I have traded my high mentality for your low approval I am no longer queen of Africa, No longer queen of me.
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Oct 22, 2012
Oct 22, 2012 at 7:56 PM UTC
Queen of Africa
My father lets me wear short skirts and bikinis and pants that hug my thighs but he will not allow me to leave the house in a button down shirt and suspenders.
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Apr 1, 2014
Apr 1, 2014 at 11:39 PM UTC
You Can Wear Whatever (Gender Appropriate) Clothing You Want
F for the fistfights I was asked to sit out of, because I was born with a different set of genitals E for the equal rights I've been begging for, only to be let down time and over again M for all the military applications that weren't even reviewed, because I seemed unfit for not having a pair of nuts I for the inferno that you made me feel, fighting so hard to be a pilot that was obviously only ' a man's job ' N for the number of convictions the guy who ***** his girlfriend didn't have to face, because the way she dressed up showed that she "wanted"it I for all the immoral stares that I couldn't counter back for the fear of your lawyers defending you saying it was a friendly one, for the fear of you blaming the shorts and crop top that I picked out for that lovely Sunday S for all the standards that women themselves set for themselves, ***** standards; I'll do what I want and say what I want, I'll eat what and I want and dress the way that I feel like I need to, I'll wear bikinis that probably doesn't flatter my body and height but you know what? I don't give two flying f**ks M for the mortals that made it necessary for feminism to even exist
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Apr 18, 2015
Apr 18, 2015 at 11:07 AM UTC
Feminism
Watchin' bikinis as they stroll, they show a lot of skin, but not much soul. You're out of your league boy, but that's OK. Tomorrow could be your lucky day. And you'll find me in that sunny weather, I'm gonna get myself together, till my skin turns into leather, down on the Redneck Riviera. "4x4s" sportin' bars-n-stars. Ball caps and tank tops, their hittin' the bars. Tattoos gettin ********* scarin' "tourys" away. It's alright Ma tomorrow's a beach day. And if you ain't a "toury" you're runnin' from your past. FBI, DEA or maybe the IRS. Past wives, past lives, AWOL. Everybody knows you here, but no one will tell. Non-com fly-boys with their Amerasian wives, bringin' 'em to America, given 'em better lives. Some stay together, but others will roam. They'll hit the street for money like they did back home. And you'll find me in that sunny weather, I'm gonna get myself together. Frankly Scarlet I don't give a **** about Tara. I'm down on the Redneck Riviera.
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Jan 23, 2013
Jan 23, 2013 at 1:38 PM UTC
Down On The Redneck Riviera
Thanks. For calling me all those pretty things everyday for months and months being the center of my thoughts and conversations being the guy I tell my friends about because I have never liked a guy the way I like you and no guy has ever liked me before at all you are pretty much beyond out of my league and yet somehow here we are telling me you want to take me on a picnic being so wonderful being a writer and a poet being gorgeous and handsome being wonderful such a wonderful person making me fall for you then after WASTING so many months of my time you HUMILIATE me when I have to call my friends and admit to them that you texted me and told me you were in love with some other girl in "love" my *** Please. Don't make me laugh. ...or cry. :( I met her by the way she is the mother of all ******* and also doesn't wear actual shirts just these loose pieces of fabric with slits along the sides that show everything that she refers to as a top I've seen bikinis that are more modest but whatever I'm just in a good mood because you dropped me so quickly like it was nothing and watched me fall all my friends sharpened their battleaxes and called you all sorts of colorful things but I was still sad and disappointed but I am in a good mood you know why? Today I saw her making out with this guy she is either dating him and NOT dating you so you lost her or she is cheating on you so HA now you know how it feels to be replaced you **** well better not try and get me back 'cause now I realize back before you let me go I thought I didn't deserve you because you were so wonderful and I was worthless now I know I was right I don't deserve you because no matter how much I loathe myself and I really do Even I don't deserve a worthless waste of space player like you
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Nov 17, 2014
Nov 17, 2014 at 1:57 AM UTC
THANKS but I don't deserve you
Thanks. For calling me all those pretty things everyday for months and months being the center of my thoughts and conversations being the guy I tell my friends about because I have never liked a guy the way I like you and no guy has ever liked me before at all you are pretty much beyond out of my league and yet somehow here we are telling me you want to take me on a picnic being so wonderful being a writer and a poet being gorgeous and handsome being wonderful such a wonderful person making me fall for you then after WASTING so many months of my time you HUMILIATE me when I have to call my friends and admit to them that you texted me and told me you were in love with some other girl in "love" my *** Please. Don't make me laugh. ...or cry. :( I met her by the way she is the mother of all ******* and also doesn't wear actual shirts just these loose pieces of fabric with slits along the sides that show everything that she refers to as a top I've seen bikinis that are more modest but whatever I'm just in a good mood because you dropped me so quickly like it was nothing and watched me fall all my friends sharpened their battleaxes and called you all sorts of colorful things but I was still sad and disappointed but I am in a good mood you know why? Today I saw her making out with this guy she is either dating him and NOT dating you so you lost her or she is cheating on you so HA now you know how it feels to be replaced you **** well better not try and get me back 'cause now I realize back before you let me go I thought I didn't deserve you because you were so wonderful and I was worthless now I know I was right I don't deserve you because no matter how much I loathe myself and I really do Even I don't deserve a worthless waste of space player like you
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i found stretch marks on my body the other day i started slapping at them as tears ran down my face. "i am okay." "i am recovered." "they dont matter" but now all i can think about is what men will think of the red streaks on my hips and legs how i wont be pretty anymore ugly. so effing ugly. "i am okay." "i am recovered." "they dont matter" they're natural, but i wouldnt have gotten them if i didnt gain a drastic amount i cant see past them. i weighed myself again, too. "i am okay." "i am recovered." "they dont matter" theres more coming i see more everyday i cant wear bikinis anymore i cant have *** anymore i want to rip off my skin. "i am okay." "i am recovered." "they dont matter"
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Aug 8, 2020
Aug 8, 2020 at 5:50 PM UTC
stretch marks
I think of You when I brush my teeth and comb my hair. You used to dust off your boyfriends just as fast yet Your hand still shakes less than mine. The pact I made in eighth grade only destroyed one of us; we were only trying to shake off the insults of elementary school. My scars still laugh at me from under my slacks, while You strut in bikinis during the summer months. It all is based on what they say, but not what I bother to tell them I feel. I will tell You; that my heart has been asleep for two centuries, my soul spends starless nights awake wishing for deeper meaning, my hands were caught replacing my Bible with my books of Byron and Bukowski the taste of pumpkin coffee rattles in my mouth and my voice has taken a vacation to the tropics while my skin sighs tears it does not possess. my heart is weeping for the one I cannot see and my chin trembles more than three times a week. Yet when I chew on my rosemary leaves, I will remember how You threw my things to the carpet. I will remember how You meant it when you kissed me and I will remember when You borrowed my romper, two sizes too big, and worked it harder than that psychology textbook You so despise. And I will remember the moment I knew I loved You.
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Nov 12, 2012
Nov 12, 2012 at 5:04 PM UTC
Byron and Bukowski
scavenger bride, she counted periods before the children came along, but never suspected eyes like bottles beginning to blue, a tangle of scars hermetically sealed, the new order of a broken romance, dead love cassettes in the glove compartment, her cold and empty constellations, like cold breath passing through a beam of sunlight, grid of points, pendulums, the ratio of freckles to stars, no subtle countenance, martinis and bikinis, soft ******* and ice cream, slight, elusive things, on a beach with no more meaning, the repeating pattern of her mistakes and reliefs, a preservation of decay, sustained by the tiny human fault line in that oneiric hinterland, between dreaming and waking, she draws around the noise and the clearings, she creates within that sightline the way her sadness can feel comfortable, an extension of loss that turns her ruins into a home.
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Aug 1, 2022
Aug 1, 2022 at 2:48 PM UTC
Living in the Remains of Love
This small talk kills me when once it was so easy. I remember when I was the favorite. This was before her first car and sixteenth birthday, movie dates, weekend sleepovers, and high school crushes. This must be how old toys feel, played out, aged, traded for the new and bright. On a sand dune, we sit shipwrecked, stranded,and talk carefully like strangers do about sea birds pecking for food, dead jellyfish, and the innocence of sand castles. Dark glasses disguise my quick views of bikinis, fitness thighs, and smooth dark tans, mask her sneak peeks at young muscle, flat stomachs, and cute boys with fashion haircuts. She burrows her toes into the sand to pass the time. I try to think of jokes to make her laugh but no punchlines come. We share a fancy grilled cheese sandwich, shy giggles, and a pink lemonade before she can no longer hide the boredom in her eyes. I know its time to leave. She reclines her seat back and sleeps the drive home, leaving me alone with miles, empty highways, and whispers of classic rock from the radio.
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Dec 4, 2015
Dec 4, 2015 at 10:53 PM UTC
Stepdad Blues
O' Warped Tour On the hot blacktop we stand In front of your various stages The beautiful bands grace us with their angelic, or if they prefer, demonic, voices. O' Warped Tour The people we meet Girls in bikinis Boys with ****** noses Teenagers sitting on shoulders O' Warped Tour Mosh pits in the front Singing in the back Crowd surfing To running circle pits O' Warped Tour With your merchants And band autographs With your cigarette smoke And crazy teens With your summer days And loud music We never want to leave O' Warped Tour We love you
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May 24, 2013
May 24, 2013 at 12:53 PM UTC
Ode to Vans Warped Tour
Down here by the Murray River, where life swims all around; above and beneath the surface, in this heat, everything flows — Beers, BBQs, budgie smugglers and babes in bikinis, memories bobbing above ground capturing freedom; post-pandemic and pre-celebrations. Down by the Murray River, watching things flow safely and soundly, birthing new possibilities: boyfriends, babies, businesses and brews?! Endless possibilities abound, prophecies realised; salvation. Down by the Murray River, with nature, our souls sing loudly, simplicity is possible, trusting and enjoying, everything is allowed.
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Jan 13, 2024
Jan 13, 2024 at 4:28 PM UTC
Down by the Murray River
baby, your hip bones aren't supposed to be sticking out your ribs aren't supposed to either they pump you full of pictures of skeleton girls in cute bikinis and weight loss tips and though you always think "don't let it get to you, they're wrong" it gets in your head. because all the boys commenting on the photos say they'd totally ride her long and hard and all the comments on the girl who's slightly overweight involves comparisons to cows and you're so soaked in social media that you can't help but see it and all the girls commenting on how that's all they want but if all you want from life is to be "slightly sick" to eat things and then puke them up or not eat at all you will never be satisfied because you are feeding a hunger that does not go away you lose the ability to judge how skinny is too skinny how pretty is too pretty after all, they are the same thing... baby, stop looking at those pictures. stop reading those comments. stop letting a pornographic generation of boys tell you that ****** appeal is all you're worth. start saying to yourself i am not on the same level as a pornstar because that is unrealistic because **** is make believe with plastic barbie dolls to set the scene.... baby, pretty isn't skinny like pretty isn't fat WE KNOW WHAT PRETTY REALLY IS ....we just ignore that fact.
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Sep 6, 2013
Sep 6, 2013 at 3:41 AM UTC
the gap inbetween my thighs (or lack thereof)
Did you know? Did you hear? Were you told? About the love story of the sun and the moon, And how the sun died each night just to let the moon breathe. What has he done to prove his love? Or were those endless nights all enough? Talking about a future that he would work on and walking up to ***** just like any other time. Did he prove how much he loved your pretty soul? And that never again would he allow you to have your unborns killed? Did he ever stop you from aborting? Or even decline to be the father? What has he offered that we can compare to the sun? A bouquet of flowers? A glass of champagne? Or were you just a trophy girl that he used to magnify his earnings? Did he tell you not to answer Katherine’s call, his secretary? Or did he remind you of the Sunset Resort where he was busy ogling at other ladies on their bikinis? What does he remind you of? Of endless love or of being a concubine? I tell you, I will remind you once again, Of the story of the sun and the moon. How the beauty of the moon was the pride of the sun, And how much the stars shied away admiring their love…
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Jun 24, 2016
Jun 24, 2016 at 5:58 AM UTC
The love story of the moon and the sun
*"Just the tip. Just the tip." Initiation. Fourteen years old, fourteen year olds don't know the just the tip trick. It hurt like hell but the sound of his panting was well...worth it. Just the tip, then just the shaft. Just a lick, what a champ…the other half. Gigi was born, de-flowered then flourished. Naughty by nature. Fed and *** nourished. What a **** I was, what a ***** I am.…just slap my *** grab me and pull me in. Choke me, bite me...squeeze, pull my hair, look me in the eyes, cuff me to a chair. Quiet ones you have to watch. I moan louder than I talk, nice rock in my hips....do me real good and I'll wobble when I walk. The club is my home, but not where I belong. Under my hijaab they can't see my laced thong. Taught to cater to the men and serve them martinis. Not dance ***** naked in heels and bikinis. Allahu Akbar. Don't let my family find out. Allahu Akbar. They'll **** me. Allahu Akbar. But if they do. Allahu Akbar. I'm still me. My name is Neha, Stage name GiGi however so complex, Stripper in silence, And I'm strung out on ***
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Feb 2, 2013
Feb 2, 2013 at 2:58 AM UTC
Addicts in the Dressing Room (pt II)
"Pass me a shroom, give me the **** hit up the ****** tap on the alcohol, and trip out on acid." That's what they all say in this world; that's how they get their high. But for you; I see it in your eyes Haley. You get a different high. No, you're not high on living life. You are high on trying to figure out how to life life. You hurt and I see that. You take away calories to increase your happiness. Some add more **** to there needle to increase their happiness. Whether you are taking or adding; you are hurting. What was your gateway? Was it the scale? The girl in the magazine sitting on the shelf? How about the "pretty, skinny girls" in bikinis at the beach? Like everything bad in life there is always a start to it. Some become a drug addict by smoking a cigarette; "oh, ill just do it once". Was it that way with you Haley? Just one less helping of the side that was for dinner, just one less snack, just one less meal. We always have false realizations for our self and it ***** we discover them in such a bad way. Did you enjoy the control that you could and can have over food? "They can't make me eat any more than i want do". Druggies like the lose of control too. They feel at ease with themselves in the moment and maybe the next few days; maybe you did too Haley. Druggies have close friends they smoke around, they don't dare let in newbies. I heard of your friend, Ana. She sounds like a scary person; yet you are aspiring to be her. Haley, you've got so much more to give and experience then these foul emotions. With all things in life there must be an end; this is your time to start a new chapter. Learn to live without your addicting. You can do it. 1 in ever 200 women have an eating disorder; 1 in every 300 are addicted to drugs. You can beat this.
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Feb 19, 2014
Feb 19, 2014 at 6:16 PM UTC
The final hit; how i see you as being anorexic and the tied in similarities with a druggie.
"Pass me a shroom, give me the **** hit up the ****** tap on the alcohol, and trip out on acid." That's what they all say in this world; that's how they get their high. But for you; I see it in your eyes Haley. You get a different high. No, you're not high on living life. You are high on trying to figure out how to life life. You hurt and I see that. You take away calories to increase your happiness. Some add more **** to there needle to increase their happiness. Whether you are taking or adding; you are hurting. What was your gateway? Was it the scale? The girl in the magazine sitting on the shelf? How about the "pretty, skinny girls" in bikinis at the beach? Like everything bad in life there is always a start to it. Some become a drug addict by smoking a cigarette; "oh, ill just do it once". Was it that way with you Haley? Just one less helping of the side that was for dinner, just one less snack, just one less meal. We always have false realizations for our self and it ***** we discover them in such a bad way. Did you enjoy the control that you could and can have over food? "They can't make me eat any more than i want do". Druggies like the lose of control too. They feel at ease with themselves in the moment and maybe the next few days; maybe you did too Haley. Druggies have close friends they smoke around, they don't dare let in newbies. I heard of your friend, Ana. She sounds like a scary person; yet you are aspiring to be her. Haley, you've got so much more to give and experience then these foul emotions. With all things in life there must be an end; this is your time to start a new chapter. Learn to live without your addicting. You can do it. 1 in ever 200 women have an eating disorder; 1 in every 300 are addicted to drugs. You can beat this.
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You tried to be my lighthouse (though I never asked you to), a bright, clean, unwavering beacon that could guide me through the most treacherous, the most turbulent, the most shark-infested of waters, and bring my sea-tossed self safely back to harbour. How frustrating it must have been for you to watch me - in spite of your true, benevolent light - wrecking myself against every rock I could find, chasing storms, searching for mines and riptides, hanging out where the sirens in their tiny, iridescent-scaled bikinis ride on barracuda.
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Jan 4, 2016
Jan 4, 2016 at 8:56 AM UTC
Thirsty Sea Dog
******* neon-green or bright red and pink with polka dots yellow, makes me one happy fellow. She has bottoms so tight that all of her *** hangs out with just the crack out of sight. Bikinis, bikinis--- what a way to spend eating pasta fettuccine
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Jul 8, 2014
Jul 8, 2014 at 4:43 PM UTC
Eating Pasta Fettuccine
slightly strange & hidden forever              burnings   happened to  Christians                            calling   southern                      gun   telling   moving                plastic   abstract   loved  the      smoke &                              shadows  of angels;                                                   gold   skinny   weird   walls of  the  goddesses                hairy   guns   jack                      radio   ******         fat   imagine   remember   wind   literally            caught   dancing w/ a   friend   Bettie & the other  cute            muses,   sweaty   &                    warm   rolling around in the   desert;   kissing her  round    bottom,        living   through    Gypsy's French   kiss              meeting   teeth;        ********* the ladies  that sat  in the winds      wearing         their  lover's daughter's bikinis  in paradise         pregnant  w/ Einstein's    watch                    holding                 [sand   alchemy   Chinese   kissing   form;             the           stripper   plays   buried  in the                   flames of her  crazy   bra]
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Aug 28, 2018
Aug 28, 2018 at 8:36 PM UTC
going to the corner temple to score midnight drugs
slightly strange & hidden forever              burnings   happened to  Christians                            calling   southern                      gun   telling   moving                plastic   abstract   loved  the      smoke &                              shadows  of angels;                                                   gold   skinny   weird   walls of  the  goddesses                hairy   guns   jack                      radio   ******         fat   imagine   remember   wind   literally            caught   dancing w/ a   friend   Bettie & the other  cute            muses,   sweaty   &                    warm   rolling around in the   desert;   kissing her  round    bottom,        living   through    Gypsy's French   kiss              meeting   teeth;        ********* the ladies  that sat  in the winds      wearing         their  lover's daughter's bikinis  in paradise         pregnant  w/ Einstein's    watch                    holding                 [sand   alchemy   Chinese   kissing   form;             the           stripper   plays   buried  in the                   flames of her  crazy   bra]
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Oatcakes make great bikinis they're all the rage back home. You can rap up your eggs and bacon; fill them with sausage and beans. They're baked on a griddle or backstone; made from oats, flour and yeast. You can wear them like potters bikinis or munch on a toasty cheese feast! •
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Oct 2, 2018
Oct 2, 2018 at 10:15 AM UTC
Oatcakes
How dare society make us women feel like Our very own bodies is a prison, To be locked up behind the metal bars of our ******* Tied up by the chains of our curvy figures And the sentence lying between our thighs. And the sentence is brutal. Consent is no longer existent When the *** is too tempting for a man to say no And for you to say no. Our butts slapped, Chests groped, Cheeks pinched, Thighs squeezed, In this prison we had the decency to call our own body We are handcuffed to the degrading appetite of a man. Women are not a display of things to touch We are not a dessert menu for a man’s hunger To be ordered by catcalling: Want a taste of a woman’s behind? **** that *** A taste of **** Oh, baby, put on a show for us! Or just the full course meal- Hey girl, ow ow owwww! It is about time we strong women break free. The jailor of men- I stole the key. It is about time we change out of our prison uniforms of Bikinis and mini skirts and stilettos And break down the locks that confined us. Our prison sentence is just about up, And when we are let loose, Us women will no longer stand for such debasing behaviors. And when we’re free, It’ll be time to teach the men a little lesson This cage of our body does not define us, boys, Maybe try finding the prisoner behind the bars- Her personality, Charming smile, And brilliant intellect, Instead of demeaning our existence, Objectifying our importance- We are not your tools, your toys. We are humans, too, you know, With- get this- feelings. Try manners and kindness rather than Feeling and groping your way to a woman’s heart. We are not a play museum- we are the artifact, The masterpiece- Mona Lisa, Starry Night, the Sistine Chapel- You must stand behind the red velvet ropes and perform What the English language calls respect, With a thing also known as consent. This- my body- is also known as my body, It is not his, it is not hers, and most importantly, It is not yours. Please try to understand this- I know, it’s super complicated. And if you gain anything from this, let it be this: We are not here to satisfy you- Women are not prisoners to a man’s every need. We are not objects- no- And we deserve to be heard.
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Oct 16, 2018
Oct 16, 2018 at 11:52 AM UTC
Prison
How dare society make us women feel like Our very own bodies is a prison, To be locked up behind the metal bars of our ******* Tied up by the chains of our curvy figures And the sentence lying between our thighs. And the sentence is brutal. Consent is no longer existent When the *** is too tempting for a man to say no And for you to say no. Our butts slapped, Chests groped, Cheeks pinched, Thighs squeezed, In this prison we had the decency to call our own body We are handcuffed to the degrading appetite of a man. Women are not a display of things to touch We are not a dessert menu for a man’s hunger To be ordered by catcalling: Want a taste of a woman’s behind? **** that *** A taste of **** Oh, baby, put on a show for us! Or just the full course meal- Hey girl, ow ow owwww! It is about time we strong women break free. The jailor of men- I stole the key. It is about time we change out of our prison uniforms of Bikinis and mini skirts and stilettos And break down the locks that confined us. Our prison sentence is just about up, And when we are let loose, Us women will no longer stand for such debasing behaviors. And when we’re free, It’ll be time to teach the men a little lesson This cage of our body does not define us, boys, Maybe try finding the prisoner behind the bars- Her personality, Charming smile, And brilliant intellect, Instead of demeaning our existence, Objectifying our importance- We are not your tools, your toys. We are humans, too, you know, With- get this- feelings. Try manners and kindness rather than Feeling and groping your way to a woman’s heart. We are not a play museum- we are the artifact, The masterpiece- Mona Lisa, Starry Night, the Sistine Chapel- You must stand behind the red velvet ropes and perform What the English language calls respect, With a thing also known as consent. This- my body- is also known as my body, It is not his, it is not hers, and most importantly, It is not yours. Please try to understand this- I know, it’s super complicated. And if you gain anything from this, let it be this: We are not here to satisfy you- Women are not prisoners to a man’s every need. We are not objects- no- And we deserve to be heard.
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It smells like summer on the island Like laundry and leaves Like late-afternoon lakewater And pollen-filled breeze I remember my summers on the island The bunkbeds and bonfires Beaches, bikinis And dirt roads under dark tires Birch trees and blackberries Blue birds and sour cherries Two hours on the ferry Summer on the island Lawn chairs and lemonade Hammock-hanging, holidaying Laying in the lazy shade Hiking high into the bright blue sky Deep inhale and satisfied sigh We had been waiting for this Our summer on the island Cold tides and closed eyes Penny candy and pecan pie Crop-tops, flip-flops, tree-forts and drop-offs Crayfish, crayons And breakfast on the dock at dawn This was summer on our island Millions of mosquitoes, minnows and movies till midnight Eating smores in the smoky firelight Running through the trailer park in the rain after dark Our summer on this island Everything was my favourite part I loved it all The grass The trees The foamy waterfall Sun, seagulls and sand dunes Either services or sleeping in till noon Sweet island summer, over too soon Summer on the island Was a lifetime ago The island was my summer But I’m letting go.
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Jun 18, 2014
Jun 18, 2014 at 3:38 PM UTC
Summer on the Island
Remember those nights When we would eat gummy bears in the dark And guess their flavors? Of course, we never knew if we were right or not But the silly little things like that Are the things I am most fond of Or that one time I slipped on soda in the McDonald's bathroom And we laughed for what seemed like hours Or the day we went down to the creek And the neighbor's dog barked at us the whole time And of course I wouldn't forget the time we went skateboarding In our bikinis Nights gossiping on the phone over a boy who probably will never remember us Laughing over stupid things that nobody else would find funny Those were the days I wish we never had to grow up as quickly as it feels we did
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Aug 22, 2010
Aug 22, 2010 at 2:24 PM UTC
I Kicked a French Chicken in the Stomach Once
My sweet Austin Texas ecstasy, my beloved Guadalupe you gem of the desert. Your family’s a basket-a-bigots but ******* they drink for miles and how near they are to my heart. This heat’s a drug I swear it. Let's swim in that hole in the bedrock between two rivers. That'd be nice: me and you and mobs of Westlake High sophomores with their blue-raspberry bikinis, a hundred Teen Vogue magazine covers lined up on the grass like a set of bad church pews. Imagine that whitewash of a crowd, you and me so alone in that big static it's better than private. Let’s punch brick, peel back our knuckles and watch’em clot in the sun. **** gauze, we’re goin’ to a punk show. I’m puttin’ on short sleeves, goin’ on parade, gunna flaunt my cigarette burns like a Cadillac: I want those dorks at the Mohawk to look and love me like they love gore. I’m gettin’ my black-eye ribbon tonight. We’re in the Chaos in Tejas show, darlin’, put on Crazy Spirit and bring your 2x4: skinheads ain’t jumpin’ themselves. Let's get medicated, hunny, let's get saved. I love watching Austin bleed out into the sand every dusk. Love the musicians sailing out grimy and frothing over what night brings: what a big sky, Texas, you're almost better in the day all parched ground and azure azure. I love the glass on the high buildings here, they’re like mirrors. This is God’s powder room. This is where God sees himself drugged up and beaming in a beautiful powder room. This is where God goes to remember youth. I love how youth hasn’t gotten you yet. That unassailable capacity for charity, that surging belief in belief shouting out through your temples, I can’t stand how you make me sick of making myself sick. You slapped the ******** outta me so quick I’ve never seen grace move that fast. I thought you'd knock the grapefruit polish right off your nails you hit me so good. What a sight you are, kid, so proper and fit, Christ, you could be therapy: so brunette-in-the-Fall, so full-lipped, unabashed and Aristotelian, frayed like anything but **** well stitched, impeccable at the seams.
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Dec 4, 2012
Dec 4, 2012 at 8:11 AM UTC
Azure Azure
My sweet Austin Texas ecstasy, my beloved Guadalupe you gem of the desert. Your family’s a basket-a-bigots but ******* they drink for miles and how near they are to my heart. This heat’s a drug I swear it. Let's swim in that hole in the bedrock between two rivers. That'd be nice: me and you and mobs of Westlake High sophomores with their blue-raspberry bikinis, a hundred Teen Vogue magazine covers lined up on the grass like a set of bad church pews. Imagine that whitewash of a crowd, you and me so alone in that big static it's better than private. Let’s punch brick, peel back our knuckles and watch’em clot in the sun. **** gauze, we’re goin’ to a punk show. I’m puttin’ on short sleeves, goin’ on parade, gunna flaunt my cigarette burns like a Cadillac: I want those dorks at the Mohawk to look and love me like they love gore. I’m gettin’ my black-eye ribbon tonight. We’re in the Chaos in Tejas show, darlin’, put on Crazy Spirit and bring your 2x4: skinheads ain’t jumpin’ themselves. Let's get medicated, hunny, let's get saved. I love watching Austin bleed out into the sand every dusk. Love the musicians sailing out grimy and frothing over what night brings: what a big sky, Texas, you're almost better in the day all parched ground and azure azure. I love the glass on the high buildings here, they’re like mirrors. This is God’s powder room. This is where God sees himself drugged up and beaming in a beautiful powder room. This is where God goes to remember youth. I love how youth hasn’t gotten you yet. That unassailable capacity for charity, that surging belief in belief shouting out through your temples, I can’t stand how you make me sick of making myself sick. You slapped the ******** outta me so quick I’ve never seen grace move that fast. I thought you'd knock the grapefruit polish right off your nails you hit me so good. What a sight you are, kid, so proper and fit, Christ, you could be therapy: so brunette-in-the-Fall, so full-lipped, unabashed and Aristotelian, frayed like anything but **** well stitched, impeccable at the seams.
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