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Dear You Know Who You Are:
On second thought you don’t.
You are drowning in illusion
delusion…
I wish I could tear down
whatever it is that,
you have spent decades
building up around you,
so then maybe I could reach
the Wise One,
who is in there
somewhere,
who knows what’s a lie
and what is true…
Maybe then you’d begin to trust me,
stop underestimating me,
you really think I can’t see
what you two have laid out right in front of me?
Maybe then one day you would stop
giving away your power and your dignity…
For someone so educated, so well-bred,
well-read,
and cool,
you’ve been reduced to a fool…
I know it all began
with a very weak man,
a flirt and a mama’s boy,
and then he left you,
but you showed him,
you bought a brand new toy…
This one’ll never get his hands dirty,
a leech,
he is using you…
He will suck the marrow out of you
before he is through…
Yes, love can be blind but it’s gotta be deaf as well,
because you’re not even able to tell,
that you are throwing everything away,
for someone who at the end of the day.
honey, will NOT stay…
Your pride will kill you in the end…
You are self-destructing
my friend,
and it’s painful to watch
and so I won’t,
but I can’t, and so I don’t
hit send…
KBR
I Am Woman
What is it exactly
that makes one
a woman
instead of a man
besides obviously
their anatomy
can you help me
understand
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I see many women shopping
and really enjoying it
This puzzles me
because if I could
I’d hire a personal shopper
in a minute
I really would
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I’ve seen women as they greet
oohing and ahhing
over each other’s shoes
when they run into each other
on the street
and I don’t think
I’ve ever recalled
ever being enthralled
by anything anyone ever wore
on their feet
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Why at parties do men get
to comfortably sit
and enjoy their food
and not be considered rude
while the women
buzz around like worker bees
making sure
everybody has what they need
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Am I missing the gene
which would provoke me to clean
all the dirty dishes
and the colossal mess left
where I am begrudgingly a guest
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Why do the men get to
lie back and smoke cigars
and play cards
while the women have to
run around like mad and work
going berserk
trying to get
the table cleared
for dessert
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I like cigars
and I like
to play cards
It makes me
feel so alive
I’ve beaten men
twice my age
and twice my size
It’s so funny
because they don’t
realize
that I’ve been playing poker
since I was five
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So I rebel, I do not retreat
into the stifling prison
that is the kitchen
But I play I laugh I have fun
There were many games I even won
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I do not regret my mutiny
I do not care
if the women stare
and whisper
about me disparagingly
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So when we’re invited for dinner
I quickly disappear
and sit with the men
Their conversations are much
more fascinating
I like to listen to the arguing
over politics the joking
and the bantering
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Sometimes I happen to overhear
the women enthusiastically discussing
a sale at some expensive store
and I thank the Lord Almighty
that I’m not imprisoned any more
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Other times I wonder
am I missing the gene
that makes a woman need
to interrogate
and investigate
another woman’s weight
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Men don’t go on and on about their diets
or their bodies for that matter
For the most part they don’t participate
in superficial chitter-chatter
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And why do men talk about sex
but unless I’m a character on TV
like Samantha, Miranda
or even Carrie
it would be considered
very poor taste
for me
to speak so
inappropriately
in mixed company
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But if you want to know a secret
I can pass for one and
occasionally I do
I sit and join them
while I chew
the remnants
of my stew
that I didn’t get to
finish at the table
because there’s just
so much
work to
do
And I ask the one
next to me
where she got her dress
while she’s in the middle of
cleaning up a mess
She looks up at me
smiling pleasantly
This line of inquiry never fails
She is so very excited to tell me
and then asks about my nails
We discuss colors and skin tone
when someone interrupts
and reveals to us
her brand new IPhone
I remember to make the noises
that women typically do
when they are shown something
so costly and new
and nobody’s the wiser
except for me and you
KBR
