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                                                                        for  your family.

LISTEN to your mother.

submit to your father.

Orders wishes hopes

for the obedient kid

in their (unanswered) prayers.

Good girl:

twirls blouses and dangles e

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sits home with the vacuum and books

giggles quietly

sashays gracefully

speaks s h h h softly...

careful~

nothing too loud, too conspicuous, too much.

i roll around on land and sand, laughing—

You are dirty.

i hike shirtless, admiring the glistening sun-kissed skin—

You are indecent.

i fart! and burp! like a human being—

You are coarse.

i like women, i am a woman—

You are wrong.

You are wrong

ill

skewed

wrecked

sinful

cracked

broken.                                        

No.

I am brave

bold

young and restless.

I am flawed.

    beautiful flaws

    natural flaws

    flawless flaws