how we survive

Little girls act manly

They know

Little girls get raped.

Men seek out manly women,

Hoping to find the little girl

Most like their mother.

Little girls have sharp teeth,

Just no jaw.

They would have great sight,

But they wont open their eyes.

They bow to their monarch

Taking in their mouth

What is his to give,

And what is his to give

Is the freedom, which gives way

With rebellion.

A despotic fool sitting in prison

Still heading the government

Which should have protected him.

Little girls want little boys ultimately.

But little boys die.

Little girls grasp their own softness,

An imitation of their fantasy,

Tanned little boys sitting on the bed naked,

And little boys leave a legacy,

Which betrays little boys.

And little boys argue,

A corpse doesn’t mean death,

The corpse is just how we survive.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

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