Wednesday, March 27, 2019

day SEVEN HUNDRED and NINETY SEVEN


Dear Mansplainer

I do not need you
to explain everything
until the magic
of the world
fizzles out.

I do not need you
to point out the things
I already know—
but can’t possibly know,
because I’m a woman.

I do not need you
to tell me, in so many words
(but mostly tone),
all the ways you are
superior to me.

A woman has no need of mansplaining.

--Rachel Toalson

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