Small excerpt from anti-men collection

[*electrica*]

Possession (for Mark MacIsaac)
(I apologise that this one's about being raped)

I was unspoiled
I was daisy fresh
You stole me

You begged
You whined
I gave in

I stung
I begged
You came in

You pushed
You moaned
I pushed back

I gave up
I quit the fight
You came

You were powerful
You felt satiated
I was humiliated

I bled
I confessed
You denied

You didn't bruise
You are free
I have nothing


These Bare Feet

Should I burn my shoes, too?

I made enough so that I wouldn't have to
But I had to
We are infants! We want it now!
Oh, if that's ok with you

While you're cooking
I'll be smoking
Howling like an idiot
Murdering you

You want to knock me up?
With that intoxicated sperm?
Me with an apron
And a thalidomide baby

Yeah, better burn those shoes now


Chemicals

It is an arrangement
An agreement I made
But I am just a chick
With imbalanced chemicals
A short attention span
I am just a girl
A dizzy romantic
Who loves to dance

I dance toward you
The beat entices me
I stumble to that precipice
Ready to fall
Your war drums start
Startle my senses
And I, embarrassed
Stagger back

Back and forth
I dance for you
But you are just a guy
With macho chemicals
A life
You are just a man
With manly leanings
You floor me


Worthless

I dance I dance I dance I dance
I dance I dance I dance I dance
I dance myself mad
I always dance alone

I shake my ass
I spread my legs
I open my loud mouth
And am left with less

All I've ever asked
Is the love I deserve
All I've ever given
Is the love they've never earned

[Tony Montana]

because women are so fucking perfect...

[*electrica*]

Oooh. You do know that those weren't written about you, right? lol. Hostility, hostility.

Who cares whether women are perfect or not? Some guy treated me badly and another raped me. I never claimed any perfection on my part.

[sylvanlightning]

Worthless

I dance I dance I dance I dance
I dance I dance I dance I dance
I dance myself mad
I always dance alone

I shake my ass
I spread my legs
I open my loud mouth
And am left with less

All I've ever asked
Is the love I deserve
All I've ever given
Is the love they've never earned

Very powerful. I offer my silence and presence.

[Razor Face]

Quite a collection, and rather gentle compared to some I've seen. Quick question. Was the parenthetical apology part of the piece? Or a quick qualifier to ward off the flamers?

[*electrica*]

It's part of it. You can say what you want about what I write, I just felt the need to apologise that such things actually happen and that I wrote a poem about it happening to me.

[Razor Face]

Very gentle indeed then. On odd mix of anger and desire:

"And a thalidomide baby"
"You didn't bruise
You are free
I have nothing"
"A dizzy romantic
Who loves to dance"
"All I've ever asked
Is the love I deserve"

I liked how you shared some of both. That takes a bit of courage. :)

[sylvanlightning]

Chemicals

It is an arrangement
An agreement I made
But I am just a chick
With imbalanced chemicals
A short attention span
I am just a girl
A dizzy romantic
Who loves to dance

I dance toward you
The beat entices me
I stumble to that precipice
Ready to fall
Your war drums start
Startle my senses
And I, embarrassed
Stagger back

Back and forth
I dance for you
But you are just a guy
With macho chemicals
A life
You are just a man
With manly leanings
You floor me


Every word is vital. You haven't wasted anything. Your passionate disillusionment floors me. This chemical dance of pheromones doesn't see you. Where is the graceful dance of rising flying together beyond the emptiness of selfish codependency, insensitive abuses and hardened distance.