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No! you weren’t born
to be beaten
raped
chained to a life  bloodstained  ingrained with pain
wordless  worthless  voiceless  choiceless  

No! you can’t live
being beaten
raped
chained to a life  profaned  restrained  
caned for being female
—don’t you dare cry out! he shouts
wordless  worthless  voiceless  choiceless   b***h!

Yes — you will die
beaten
raped
shamed    maimed    forced to claim blame
your family’s honor  defaced  disgraced
—their horror—  
your father not your assurer
your mother not your curer 
your face erased!

any woman   many women  
lack bristle  grit  and gristle to fight

when will you stop surrendering yourself 
on altars of violence and quietus?
when will you rise up 
roar a fierce lioness — roar a pride? 
realize your piousness will not protect you!

any woman  all women  women of the world
halter-break trample-stallions 
stomping breath from your needs
break levees of fear 
with maelstroms born of your blood and tears
boot your bare feet  march!
quake a chasm in bedrock 
beneath fierce feet of an abusive man 
—all abusive men!

unloose your larynges rude with rebuke
noose the addiction and malediction of male mastery!
unleash your sledgehammer swings     smash 
walls of iron-fisted kingdoms
lay its dust as blanket comfort 
upon graves of maternal martyrdom 

refuse your prey-status 
a yoke laid on your neck by patriarchal predators
— when no longer a prey-person 
what does that make you? relieved?  free?  
able to heal your soul aggrieved and bereaved?
any woman  all women  armies of women
form a coalition
with more than mere words for  am-mu-ni-tion!

armies of women —rise up!
from home-hearths of ash  
revive phoenix flocks 
let loose flaming wings  
burn the air   burn the clouds   burn the stars
raise your gaze  set sorrows ablaze  
burn a thunderbolt-black 
into milk-white skin of tomorrows
ignite a world of wildfire
burn it down  burn it down  burn-it-to-the-dirt down!
fire fight uptight hedgerows of machismos;
concepts  conceits  airtight controls  
houses  villages  states  countries 
win-with-sin churches!

refuse the refuse!

any woman  all women  women of the world   
be ready! 
abusive men have ammo too
indeed they   have it    take it    use it    live it
they are ammo!  
monster-homes-of-testosterone 
wildly wielding wily
fists like gavels  gavels like fists
religions  traditions  
feminine mutilations  accusations  bullets  stones  
masculine frames of muscle and bone 
—all used against you

any woman  all women
fight in phoenix flight 
fight for resurrection of your liberation
embolden your girls!  humble your boys!

any woman!   all women!
organize your armies 
and mobilize your troops!  
sanitize oppressive germs 
immunize submissive dystrophy from young minds 
and all future embryos conceived

any woman  all women
a reckoning awakening  — deafening!
reveal what’s real! 
wash off your shadow and blush
unleash feminine physiques 
rise up against traps of  leers  sneers  jeers
reject the mini   defect the corset
the cost of being skinny   the G-string
climb down off your platform heels  
reject chemical peels

own your motives   be explosive!

deny any abusive man —all abusive men
your body as scalpel chattel for plastic-attainment  
pharmacy aisle’s fake perfection obtainment
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let un-exaggerated beauty 
appeal to your mirror first
let warrior eyes  —not hunted doe eyes 
reflect in the blade of your sword
wield a rebel-hammered-blade with a steel spine
slice chains till they cede
disrobe your burka  black habit  and  veil  
unbind yourself 
of pulpiteer puppet strings and rosaries ropes
—get off your knees!
armor your female hearts  shield your soft parts
any woman  many women  all women  warrior women
         women of the world!

time is ripe—

a c t   l i k e   a   m a n!
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