Unruly Women: ALL

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Women who answer
and are not silenced

Women afraid
who cry out

Women who transgress
man-made rules

Women who are hungry
and find to eat

Women with children
tigresses, all

Mother and Child
Lucebert, 1961. Stedelijk Museum. Amsterdam.

Women with sons
who want them to live

Women in prison
caged and subdued

Women alone
intimidated
to the kill

Women in love
unsung
loyal and true

Women in love
deceived
abominated

Unruly women
ALL

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References:

• Karlene Faith, Unruly Women, The Politics of Confinement and Resistance. Press Gang PUblishers. Vancouver. 1993. ISBN: 0-88974-050-X. . . Excerpts

• Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam