Screw the Straight
and Narrow

by Nancy Moran

it sucks when people don't turn out
the way you want them to be.
when that picture in your head doesn't
match with
what seems to be
reality.
she's not a good girl
you'll say
she's an attention whore and
a slut for love.
God isn't enough for her
you say
it's not judgment
it's concern
accountability.
Was she ever righteous?
If not
that
gives us
the ability to
not worry about it
belittle her
(no, it's tough love it's
improvement)
kick her and
like a good girl she
should submit because
as
a
man
you
are
her
authority.
she
shouldn't
get
up
farther
than
her
knees.
on her back is preferable.
insult her
belittle her
and call her bitchy
rebellious
spiteful
vengeful
unforgiving
holding a
grudge
when
she
says
fuck
you
with
her finger
or
with
her mouth.
(did she just say the F word? How far has she
gone?)
Too far.
AND
It's all her fault
so don't feel bad.
It's not judgment
it's not self-righteousness
it's love
when you do it.
but don't believe those
crazy left wing liberal feminists who say
(she doesn't have to be little miss sunshine all of the time
oh
and
you're the asshole. not her.)
if she bruises your ego
let her know
as she stands
strike her back down it's
not her place to see the daylight.
staring at the ceiling or
at you is where she belongs.
she wants to please you
she wants to please you
to her own degradation
to her own demise.
she wants to please you
humor her
for
a
while.
but when you see the scars
stop the act.
how dare she admit she is weak and
frail
not exactly
in
God's image,
now,
is she?
When you see the lights of the ambulance
when you hear the siren
ignore the fact that
she's not breathing.
It's her sin that's killing her,
say.
Anger, that's what it was.
Ignore that voice deep, deep inside
that says
(maybe if you weren't such a dick.)
You're a man of God.
She's just a naive
innocent
stupid
little girl.
Die in your ignorance
die die die.

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