BAD PENNY
C Ra McGuirt
it's the latest thing
for men to be in touch
with their Inner Female Selves,
but just like the Serial Killer Craze,
i was into the scene before it was cool.
my IFS is seventeen,
unselfish only when it helps her,
ungrateful for ordinary miracles,
& cruel to any weakness but her own.
when i want to be indignant,
i let her do the pouting.
when she wants to be a bitch
she lets me take the blame.
she's too damn smart
for her own impossibly
pretty good.
her name is Penny Dreadful,
& she is.
still, i'd like to thank her
for helping make me balance.
if she were real,
i'd spank her.
knowing Penny,
she'd probably
like it.
