"for women" is the reason men fought their wars?
like jackets on mud puddles and opening doors
men laid us out like carcasses on floors
gutted us and killed us
and pretended that they were the victims
because our deaths weren't as honourable
men did none of this "for women"
we, the un-man, were the acted upon
the field that was tilled
the price that was billed
the hysteria pilled
the drink swilled
we were never people
we were your objects
your things
the good women cloistered and brided off
the bad women, queers, people of colour
fucked, raped, abandoned, and killed
"for us"?
No...
you did "for us" what bankers do for money
"for us" what robbers do for gold
"for us" what the colonist did for land
"for us" what the christian did for souls
this was never about us
and of course
of course
of course
you say that you did it "for us"
we should be grateful
at least someone was thinking about us
how nice...
gobble us up all sugar and spice
because we'd be wise to play along
in a game where we're the ball to be kicked around
men faught wars "for us"?
go fuck yourself
don't put your blood on my hand
use my body as a crutch so you can stand
like the slaver who did it all for the slave's own good
(and of course the land)
it's the one great thing that I wish you'd understand
the one thing i wish you'd get into your head
damned right, I wish that chivalry was dead
-o0o-
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