That Was the MUSE That Was

Ode to Germaine

People with willies
rule by divide,
my feminist friend
Germaine Greer sighed,
mentoring me
my one-woman guide:

So many with willies,
I tested and tried,
occasionally one
will take your side -

one in a million;
most will be snide -
slate you and hate you
and rule by divide.

© S. O. Fasrus

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S.O. Fasrus: Social Justice Campaigner & Social Research Interviewer. Her verse and poems; some comic; satirical; and serious; can be found online. Recent poems are in New Verse News, Culture Matters, and Poems for Grenfell Tower.