she created overheated characters
who were punished and dismissed
women who were raised by manuals
balancing her burden of flesh
(can’t you control your flesh?)
until she was caught defying
the patriarchy
the patriarchy
now she is no longer the person
who hurt him
who hurt him
the beautiful woman
so in need of money
so in need of money
but a corpse in the ground
‘Protestant whore!’
Rationem inire:
When objectification is combined
with modesty and virtue well
with modesty and virtue well
the issue then has to do
with the flesh of women from which meaning
is extracted she shed the wife and mother
with the flesh of women from which meaning
is extracted she shed the wife and mother
and became only a young
beautiful woman in need of money
taking her place
briefly in the sun
briefly in the sun