The Coquettish Slave Released

Photo courtesy: Adam Sofen, Flickr Creative Commons

I refuse…

To play the coquettish slave,

Her fawnings, her painted eye

Relieving men their slight discomfort.

But what else is there?

 

I refuse…

To play the neglected wife, the woeful mother,

Her child doting, her excessive attentions,

Wishing her husband would give her.

But what else is there?

 

I refuse…

To play these  roles,

Neither slut nor mother nor wife

Fully tell the woman story.

But what else is there?

 

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