She used to laugh backs cracking
breasts free as the sway of cane
Her hair a basket woven by her peers
her eyes stars embedded in an alabaster mask
Her man moved the moon out of the way in the morning
and the sun at night
She used to sing rivers running
a season in the sun and rain
Her arms the bow and her kiss the arrow
flying beyond the sky to grace the gods
Her sister baked the bread of life on a stone
and it was good
and when she died
the earth wept
When she rose
there was rejoicing
Her womb opened up and out sprung humanity
How dare you maim her
how dare you shame her
Lords of folly be damned
How dare you shackle her man
feed him bleached dough until he bursts
open
to anything that comes his way
She was free once
and when she danced volcanoes erupted
She watched the world change
and you changed with it
How dare you breathe and not honor her
How dare you
breasts free as the sway of cane
Her hair a basket woven by her peers
her eyes stars embedded in an alabaster mask
Her man moved the moon out of the way in the morning
and the sun at night
She used to sing rivers running
a season in the sun and rain
Her arms the bow and her kiss the arrow
flying beyond the sky to grace the gods
Her sister baked the bread of life on a stone
and it was good
and when she died
the earth wept
When she rose
there was rejoicing
Her womb opened up and out sprung humanity
How dare you maim her
how dare you shame her
Lords of folly be damned
How dare you shackle her man
feed him bleached dough until he bursts
open
to anything that comes his way
She was free once
and when she danced volcanoes erupted
She watched the world change
and you changed with it
How dare you breathe and not honor her
How dare you
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