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Woman in a Small Town

February 6, 2019
By 19rclift GOLD, Scotts Valley, California
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A woman in a small town
Phenomenal, is she
To bail herself free
And do whatever she may please


She smokes a cigarette under the purple moonlight
A not so savory way to spend time as a woman,
Her cigarette smoke blows into the night sky
Leaving her strength and ambition behind


She creates a rough outer layer to protect her wholly
From the patriarchal society that brings her misery

© Vivian T., San Francisco, CA

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