Congratulations, It’s a Girl
Oh, so petite | Settle down | Sit still |Be quiet |Wait your turn |Don’t get dirty |Mind your manners | Little bites for little girls | Ask permission | Please and Thank you | Don’t be rude | Listen closely | Cross your legs | Act like a lady |Don’t interrupt |Lose some weight | Stand up straight | Your hair’s too short |Don’t be such a bitch |Smile | Smile | Smile |Shake your ass | Too much makeup | Wear some makeup | Open your legs | Open your mouth | Shut your mouth | You’re such a slut | Time to get married |Don’t be a tease |Don’t wait to have children | Don’t be a prude | Nurse the baby | Don’t breastfeed in public | Go back to work | Stay home with the kids | Don’t hover | Go gray | Ugh color that hair | You’re too old |You waited too long | You’re too weak | You’re too slow | It’s too late |What’s wrong with you | You were such a cute baby
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Ouch ouch ouch. What a vise grip situation you capture here so well.
I really like your ending. Wholly unexpected with its abrupt shift to the past, yet entirely fitting.
Wow- another power punch poem!
Wendy – A sad but true gem! I like the form. The | lines add the separation/isolation and control that is exerted in female lives. Unfortunately, these statements are still around today. Be strong, girls!
Wow! This is powerful!
Shew, this paints how confining g and exhausting others’ expectations are
And this is why we’re so exhausted! Well done.
a list poem
that’s too often
TRUE
Wow. A powerful piling on of all the ways women and girls are told they’re doing life wrong.