NewVerseNews Wednesday: UPON VOIDING PILLS
by Lavinia Kumar
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Pill 1: Mifepristone Man, White, Catholic, Texan Prestigious Hell-Hound Cerberus Fortify ice flames of men Goose-step with the always righteous Trounce smugly all equal rights Flush Pill #1 right down the toilet Rule as arrogant white pious Crush every woman’s uterus Crucify all women’s freedoms Pill 2: Misoprostol Put pistols in every pocket Abort no eggs. Abort all sense Fortify that jail for women Kneel together, quote the Bible Love your neighbor only sometimes Decree pregnant females un-people Sling out lofty virile lassos Circle around a woman’s cervix Lynch every woman’s freedom
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Lavinia Kumar’s latest book is Spirited American Women: Early Writers, Artists, & Activists—very short prose of near 90 amazing women writers, poets, publishers, painters, artists, abolitionists, early suffragettes, and activists.