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‘Barbie Doll’ by Marge Piercy shows the absurd ideals demanded of young girls and the consequences of those gendered expectations.
This girlchild was born as usual
and presented dolls that did pee-pee
and miniature GE stoves and irons
and wee lipsticks the color of cherry candy.
‘The friend’ by Marge Piercy explores an abusive relationship in which the woman is subjugated by her selfish partner.
We sat across the table.
he said, cut off your hands.
they are always poking at things.
they might touch me.
‘The cat’s song’ by Marge Piercy describes the way that a cat interacts, questions, and regards his owner as the two live together.
Mine, says the cat, putting out his paw of darkness.
My lover, my friend, my slave, my toy, says
the cat making on your chest his gesture of drawing
milk from his mother’s forgotten breasts.
Celebrating the beauty of diligence, Marge Piercy’s ‘To be of use’ draws powerful metaphors between humans and enduring animals.
The people I love the best
jump into work head first
without dallying in the shallows
and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight.
‘To have without holding’ by Marge Piercy tells of a different way of loving that will take one high, and is without malice or angry moments.
Learning to love differently is hard,
love with the hands wide open, love
with the doors banging on their hinges,
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