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enjoy this writing from Janet Kuypers in the cc&d free 2016 PDF file chapbook: Obey of new and older edited poems live 6/4/16 at Austin’s the Bahá’í Center Click the title or the cover to download the free PDF file chapbook. |
 
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| On Becoming a Woman
Janet Kuypers When I was young I never had any lessons in how to become a woman No one explained to me the blood you have to deal with Every month, or the potential pain like there are little people inside you, like little elves Just kicking at the insides of you No one explained to me that this is the beauty Of being a woman I thought women had enough to fight against to begin with So one day I noticed, while reading a book That there was blood on my underwear So, I guess the process had started for me So I told my mom what I saw She said she’d buy some pads right away That was all the talking we did about it I never got a talk about the birds and the bees Because, when the world seems to go silent Just when you need it screaming loud and clear You listen to the silence throughout life And just hope that you’ll know what to do On this blindfolded battle On becoming a woman |
