M: Fuck the Patriarchy

Lichenstein

FUCK THE PATRIARCHY

I SHOULD BE ABLE
TO BE DOMESTIC
IN MY OWN POEM:
NAG CHAMPA IN BULK
WHITE BOBTAIL CAT
MY ONLY NEIGHBOR
THAT ASKS TO VISIT
ALL THE HAIRBALLS
IN THE RUG ARE MINE

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M has taught creative writing, and earned an MFA at the University of Colorado Boulder. For five summers, she's taught poetry and songwriting to high schoolers at the Young Writers Workshop of the University of Virginia.