Thursday, November 10, 2016

Worth by Different Standards

Published in Indiana Voice Journal, October 2016


The actress wore
her perky,
finely chiseled nose,
as an accessory—
in her profession
a necessity.

But, what if
we were who we are
without pretentions
without fear
of rejection by peers
clanging in our ears?

Rather, what if
we enlarged hearts
not breasts
and painted others’
praises instead of nails
weighing accomplishments
on altruistic scales?

What if we dared?

July 11, 2015


“All I ask of our brethren is, that they will take their feet from off our necks and permit us to stand upright on that ground which God destined us to occupy." Sarah Grimke's Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Woman (1838)


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