ENGLISH 457: Literature and the Sexes

ENGLISH 457: Literature and the Sexes

A Poem by Anna Auel

a fictional woman commits adultery.
“The Storm.” A short story. By Kate Chopin.

Admirable, this woman--they say, these stick woman in spectacles and mushroom hair,
wearing chips on their shoulder like proud eagles,
because she did it during a time when the patriarchy was oppressive.

                     [but questions lurk in muddy moral waters.]

to be self-satisfied is to swim in a Cheshire cat fishbowl.
you’ve eaten all the smaller fish, fed in a frenzy, engorged yourselves, all because they protested too
loudly,
the murdered, the shredded
other opinions.

[no questions lurk in bloody waters]

all this I mutter
                             half-asleep.

f*****g feminists.
you love to hate the patriarchy
so much.

get a room.
I am beginning to suspect an s&m relationship
   beneath your petticoats.

© 2012 Anna Auel


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Added on May 7, 2012
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Tags: Literature, Women, Sex, Feminism, Postmodern

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Anna Auel
Anna Auel

Shepherdstown, WV



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I graduated in 2010 from a small liberal arts college with a degree in English. I work for a periodontist during the day, in my spare time--though I long to make it full-time, but am stymied by the ne.. more..

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