Smash Away, Sisters

I must have told you that story about old Msgr Walsh
from my mom's highschool who gathered the senior girls
for a talk (this was 1963) about their wifely duties, among them,

being "available" for their husbands. He punctuated his counsel

with the warning that if they weren't available and the husband

strayed to the comforts of another woman, then the unwilling

wife would bear the guilt of her husband's adultery. This is

just a small part of the reason why I'll gladly give a hammer
to any woman who aims to smithereen the patriarchy.





Poetry by Uncle Meridian The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2023-11-05 at 08:43

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i understood your text (words and meaning) entirely for the first time only with a relecture

now they should drive in a "hummer"
2023-11-06


Sameen The PoetBay support member heart!
Fuck yes! Amazing poems and amazing allyship. I fully agree with your sentiment and glad to have read you wording it so well!
2023-11-06


shells
Pass me the hammer please!
2023-11-05


one trick pony The PoetBay support member heart!
You may be the first person to use the word smithereen as a verb.

It was a particularly uptight era. Fifty years earlier my great-great grandmother told my my great-grandfather to go find a mistress and "leave me alone."

Still, I'm with you.
2023-11-05


D G Moody The PoetBay support member heart!
Can I please take a turn?
2023-11-05