Am not a Woman

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    • jickyjack
    • I have recently had my book "Brain Etchings" poetry from a cynical old geezer published. It is available on blurb.com or you can contact me here.

    Am not a Woman

    I am not a woman
    nor was I a hundred years ago
    but will I be in another hundred?
    wishing now I didn't know
    those things I didn't know then
    seeings things for the first time
    doesn't always mean they are clear
    Power quells vision, quashes hope with
    controlling coercing compulsion.
    Keeps you right where you need to be
    my proper, my prudent,my perfect.
    one hundred voices cry out
    to only these two deaf ears
    one hundred years of maleness
    age gently with golden slumber
    battered brokeness won't heal
    scars of degradation years will last
    a hundrd more

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    Charlie23 commented on Am not a Woman

    08-06-2009

    I love your writings jickyjack! They are often easy to relate to. Another great write!

    When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

    John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Thirty-fifth President of the USA

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