Feminist Poem

The Vagina Villanelle

The whole world is against me!
I am neither fish nor flower.
I am splendid complexity.

Stop trying to drown me
With products that overpower.
The whole world is against me.

Have you ever looked at me?
To discover is to empower.
I am splendid complexity.

Are you embarrassed by me?
I refuse to cower.
The whole world is against me.

If you have one you’re lucky—
Twice the purpose, twice the power.
I am splendid complexity.

You cannot invade me—
I devour.
The whole world is against me;
I am splendid complexity.

~R.H.