OUR BODIES

Debbie Middaugh AKA TURBO1904 1963 (San Diego, CA.)



 In the land of
The dollar bill.
 Women no longer
Have free will.

  In the year twenty
Twenty-two.
  We will not adhere
To your point of view.

  Our bodies, our choice,
Our decision.
  F*ck the supreme court
And the dirty politician.

  You're on a mission to
Impregnate all the girls.
  Careful the collision of
These two worlds.

  For many eons you
Have led us astray.
  We have been saving
For a rainy day.

  The men who force us
To have a child.
  Tread lightly the woman
Is a beast of the wild.

  You want Handmaid's Tale
To become a reality.
  This is human trafficking
And brutality.

  We will die fighting, we will
Not live on our knees.
  We are not going to allow
You to do as you please.

        Turbo1904 ♥
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Written on June 11, 2022

Submitted by Turbo1904 on July 12, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXB CDXD XEXE DXAX DFGF XHEH XCGC BIXI
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 728
Words 156
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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  • Dougla$Irishman
    Life is a two way street, coming or going, yes or no
    You have no conception what love is about, smarten up or ship out !
    If you live in the gutter, what do you expect ?
    LikeReply1 year ago

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