Janet Jackson’s tit recently hit
prime time television screens across our nation
as it shattered our super bowl halftime show
now, people are pissed by what they think they know

All the soccer moms call each other to say
I’m not big football fan
I leave that to my man
But on prime TV
A nipple should not be seen

Now the former lovers are being forced to apologize
to MTV and CBS for their supposed crimes
Justin Timberlake even sent a special one out to his horrified family
But none of this concerns me
It’s just a fucking boobies
They’re natural
We’ll all see them someday
What I am more concerned with is the sexualization of the aforesaid tit
by a patriarchal nation
as if I woman am not sexualized enough with the stuff of
105-pound bodies
double D titties

I remember with pity
at fourteen
I named my boobs Gertrude and Ilene
just so boys would spend less time looking at them
and more time talking to me

I do understand man,
Boobies are cool,
I get it
but my nipples are no transistor radio
and hold up YO
these nipples like it gentle and slow

Don’t complain to me
‘cuz I can’t explain the pain of playing these stupid girlie games
everywhere I go
someone fits me into a stereotype
and it’s so petit and super trite
I try to shatter it with all my might

And in my sights
on the horizon I see woman everywhere rising
to reclaim the names that have been striped and raped
away from us with shame
hush now child soon momma will be here to stay
but until then we will continue to play
the constraints of these gender games

And the sexualization of woman in our patriarchal nation
will continue even if it’s despite me and despite you
‘cuz, that danger is embedded in our ideology
as women search Cosmopolitan
for tips on plastic surgery and cosmetology
we gotta stay good looking for our babies

but hush now child soon momma will be here to stay

And what-
You’re asking me what the meaning of that boobie should be
Mother, giver, grace
I don’t know its place for me

But I will-
When I find the truth behind female sexuality
And take back the power someone already took from me

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