Being a female isn't a breeze - Villanelle

Being a female isn’t a breeze

but I love who I am and I try

to do as I damn well please.

 

Life dictated by Maxis

and tampons—I’d rather die

Being a female isn’t a breeze.

 

Marketed products to pull, wax, and tweeze

simply to please your eye?

I think I’ll do as I damn well please.

 

Slut, whore, bitch, and tease,

cat-calls instead of just “hi”—

Being a female isn’t a breeze.

 

Into size 0 jeans I have to squeeze?

You don’t like the size of my thigh?

Too bad! I’ll do as I’ll damn well please.

 

My dreams are as vast as the seas

For them, I hold my head up high.

But for some females, it still isn’t a breeze

to do as they damn well please.

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