The Disease to Please written by J.Ahlberg at Spillwords.com

The Disease To Please

The Disease to Please

written by: J.Ahlberg

@anothermadidea

 

Listen to me; I’m old and unwise,

A victim of your love; you cared

Because I looked a certain way,

The Queen of Women’s Workout

Food regurgitated; tape on loop

 

Sex kitten; all men Smitten

Millions of dollars; three husbands

Years of regret that –

I wasn’t a better parent

Or feminist. You’re worth it.

Buy L’Oreal.

 

I was Fonda(d) to believe

That no meant yes,

Before the women’s movement

Bought the copyright

To the premier ‘No means No’.

 

Wait til you get to the ‘f—you fifties.’

Be braver and feistier

With a fresh new face

Don’t laugh; can’t laugh

Ageism is alive.

 

The surgeon couldn’t reconstruct feminism

And mold it from my mouth into my DNA

It’s malignant –

The disease to please.

J.Ahlberg

J.Ahlberg

NOVEMBER 2018 AUTHOR OF THE MONTH at Spillwords.com
Jo is an academic researcher in the philosophy of Imagination. She has several jobs which include: university lecturer in philosophy, GCSE English teacher and a "jobbing" writer - writing commissions from multimillion pound international bids to annoying cliched flyers. In her spare time, she is walked by the dog, organised by the kids and validated by her husband.
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