Liana Mir
Liana Mir reads, writes, and wrangles the muses from her mundane home in the Colorado Rockies and, occasionally, from the other side of the Barrier.
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The Perfect Woman
This will not do! For what I am / Is woman, not a female man.
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If I cannot conform, then I
Inferior am to every woman;
If I only conform, then I
Inferior am to every man.
This will not do! I never am
Every woman, every man.
Condemned to fail, success is pale,
If dare I be whatever I am.
A woman is strong—she is too much
Like man; more feminine she should be.
A woman is gentle and so is weak.
More feminine strength she should seek.
This will not do! For what I am
Is woman, not a female man.
Feminist not and feminine not
The perfect woman, but I am.
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