Medusa woke up one day and shaved her head

well maybe now you'll let me a little closer she said

but she just sacrificed her identity instead



be careful how you trend

be careful how you tread



medusa went home again and watched TV

a commercial for deoderant, tampons, so now we won't smell see

said the sister with the plastic smile, excitement, and glee

buy your shame for free

buy your shame for free



and all the smiles that we spill

because it's part of the drill

the shame that we bear

for the floors that aren't there

the unfulfilled will be dismissed

for a savior, a kiss

the memories we repress ... when we undress



she went channel surfing

and all that was seen

were decorative women arrive on the screen

conventional images of adolecent male dreams

when men aren't around they fall apart at the seams

passive exposed

peaches and cream

survive like an object to blow off your steam

interchangeable fragments

and outlines and shapes

they say no they mean yes to little girl rapes



and all the smiles that we spill

because it's part of the drill

the shame that we bear

for the floors that aren't there

the unfulfilled will we dismiss

for a savior, a kiss

the memories we repress ... when we undress



the rage trapped inside

smothered and dried

the words that we use

they divide and abuse

the wound between women keeps the war-mongers grinning

the war between women stops recovery beginning



medusa grew her hair back

around her face

she'd been looking for alignment in the wrong place

so she called up her friends

malcom x and collie

and they go on a plane

cocked off too ...

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