Shopping List

A light-hearted feminist poem.

I do not buy magazines

That tell me I need to diet,

Exercise more,

Lose weight quickly

To look better in a bikini.

I do not buy Cosmo,

That tells me what to do in bed,

To please my man,

To keep him.

Maxim tells him how to please him.

I do not buy Maxim.

I do not buy Maybeline,

Revlon,

Mary Kay.

I do not need concealer,

I have nothing to hide.

I do not buy the hate,

The insecurities,

The pain.

I cannot afford them.

I do not buy Taylor Swift,

Who is pathetic,

And lonely

And desperate.

I do buy Bruno Mars.

He thinks I'm amazing

Just the way I am.