space girl

i.
don't take up too much
SPACE
girl, don't let your body
grow soft and
ever EXPANDING
like the universe
around   you, because
only men are allowed
to take up as much
s   p   a   c   e
as they want,
and if your thighs grow together
like a
mermaid's
tail,
they will never want you.

ii.
don't let yourself take-up
too little space girl,
n o b o d y thinks that
p
    o
        k
            i
                n
                     g
ribs are attractive,
real women, real women,
they have curves
don't you want to be
a REAL woman one day, too?

iii.
be quiet, girl,
don't let those ideas of yours
E            P            O            E
       X            L             D
our of your mouth,
don't make THE MAN 
feel little, don't make him feel stupid,
l a c k i n g.
be sweet, toss him little smiles like 
a dog and most of all,
be quiet. shhhhhh.

iiii.
be LOUDER girl,
play ha r  d   t     o    g     e        t,
let him
CAPTURE YOU,
let him feel like he has defeated
something, anything,
make him feel like THE MAN,
be
a little
STRONGER, girl,
nobody likes a fragile twig,
and then let him
b
r
e
a
k
you,
be defeated.

iiiii.
be everything that
you aren't.