just so we're clear:
my short skirt
is not an invitation,
a provocation,
an indication
that i want it,
or give it,
or that i hook.
my short skirt
is not begging for it.
it does not want you
to rip it off me
or pull it down .
my short skirt
is not a legal reason
for raping me ,
although it has been before,
it will not hold up
in the new court.
my short skirt, believe it or not ,
has nothing to do with you.
my short skirt
is about discovering
the power of my lower calves,
about cool autumn air travelling
up my inner thighs,
about allowing everything i see
or pass or feel to live inside .
my short skirt is not proof
that i am stupid
or undecided
or a malleable little girl .
my short skirt is my defiance.
i will not let you make me afraid.
my short skirt is not showing off ,
this is who i am,
before you made me cover it
or tone it down.
get used to it .
my short skirt is happiness.
i can feel myself on the ground.
i am here. i am hot .
my short skirt is a liberation
flag in the women’s army.
i declare these streets, any streets
my vagina’s country.
my short skirt
is turquoise water
with swimming colored fish,
a summer festival
in the starry dark ,
a bird calling,
a train arriving in a foreign town.
my short skirt is a wild spin,
a full breath,
a tango dip .
my short skirt is
initiation
appreciation
excitation .
but mainly my short skirt
and everything under it
is mine.
mine.
mine .
noel fielding
julian barratt
dee plume
sue denim
vivienne westwood
william thornton
jeremy darling
sarah-jane potts
william shakespeare
marilyn monroe
sam e danger
"A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left."