Penned in APRIL, 1980: What else is new?

WE’VE HEARD IT FOR YEARS, AS THEY’VE BEATEN THE DRUMS,
WOMEN WILL NO LONGER BE UNDER MEN’S THUMBS.
YET THEY SUCCUMB LIKE PUPPETS ON A STRING
DANGLING THEIR WORDS WITH THEIR HOLLOW RING
FOR LIBERTY, FREEDOM AND THE QUEST FOR THEMSELVES
YET TOO OFTEN STANDING BACK NOT WILLING TO DELVE,
IN THE PUT-DOWNS AND ABUSE THAT RIDDLE THEIR LIVES
THE POWER HELD OVER THEM LIKE A SHEATH OF KNIVES.
WITHOUT LOOKING TO THE MEANING, THEY SURRENDER THEIR CLAIM
OF INDIVIDUALITY, INSTEAD ALL THE SAME,
JUST ROBOTS AND MACHINES DANCING ON A LINE
SPEAKING NOTHING BUT SHAM BUT DRESSED UP ALL SO FINE.
THE WOMEN HAVE OPTED TO SEAL THEIR OWN FATE
IN NARROW HORIZONS IN A WORLD THAT’S TOO LATE
FOR FREEDOM IS STRUGGLE, AGAINST ALL THE TIDE.
WITH PATIENCE AND FORTITUDE WE LEARN HOW TO BIDE
THE STATUS QUO AND ALL ITS DEMEANING,
JUST WORDS THAT ARE EMPTY AND FULL OF SNIDE MALICE
A CRUELTY PERPETRATED BY MAN’S GOLDEN PHALLUS,
YET WOMEN ARE CONNED AND DECIEVED BY THE TRICK
VICTIMS OF THEIR OWN INABILITY TO THINK.
AND SEXISM FLOURISHES ON THAT ANCIENT RULE
THAT MEN ARE THE WISER AND WOMEN THE FOOL.
BUT UNCOVER THEIR LIES AND SEE WHAT WE FIND,
A RICHNESS OF SELF DENIED TO THE BLIND.
SO DON’T BE AFRAID TO PURSUE THE TASK,
FOR LIBERTY IS STRENGTH WITHOUT ANY MASK.

(I WROTE THIS ABOUT MEN TO WOMEN; ONE DAY I MIGHT WRITE ANOTHER THAT ENCOMPASSES WOMEN TO WOMEN, TOO. THE GENDERS ARE INTERCHANGEABLE. I REALISED IN THE PAST 36 YEARS (CIRCA JUST FOUR YEARS LATER IN 1984), THAT TOO OFTEN SADLY, WOMEN CAN ‘POWER’ IT, OR AT LEAST TRY TO, OVER OTHER WOMEN JUST AS MUCH AS SOME MEN TRY TO. IT’S NOT ABOUT GENDER PER SE OR ALSO ABOUT ALL MEN OR ALL WOMEN. JUST MANY OF BOTH GENDERS WHO ARE UNWILLING TO COUNTENANCE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THEIR OWN ASSUMPTIONS THAT TOO OFTEN PASS AS FACTS THEY WILL NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT. SO TOO THEIR VICTIMS; NOT JUST WOMEN, BUT TOO MANY MEN CAN FALL PREY TO THE SAME INSIDIOUS, POWER-POWERLESS INIQUITIES.) ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS PERSPECTIVE? WRITE ME A COMMENT!