You Are Not A Shark

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You are not a shark:
a woman does not attract you like
blood in water.
You do not exist to fill the role
of predator.
Your kind, if so suitable to law make, legislate, mandate,
should not be so unable to resist the urge
to procreate.
And it is written, by you,
for us to cover our unsightly thighs
and three fingers of each promiscuous shoulder
and not to uncover one sliver of our devious breast
for fear it may be a
temptation.
To teach our girls to fear
each of your kind
when they're alone,
at night, or even
with you
for fear you just
wont be able to resist.

 

No person who cannot control
primal desires as such
is in any state to
law-make
legislate
mandate
procreate.

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