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Oct 25
poem
gracebats

Anne Boleyn

I feel like Anne Boleyn
not because I wear the necklace
but because she makes sense to me like few people ever have.
She was spun into the villain
just because she got a little angry
when someone treated her wrong.
But of course it was her fault
so she got some revenge
and made some waves
because someone did the same to her.
Our actions get punished by the men who do as we do
and go freely for it.
Despite all the good things we've done
one or two mistakes will become all we are.
But feeling like Anne Boleyn taught me this;
good girls retaliate 
and their words shoot to kill.
I am good girls
I am Anne Boelyn
not because I wear the necklace
but because our reputation procedes us
and spectactors don't like that good people do bad thngs once in a while. 



 
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  1. Alessandra G.
    Nov 06, 2022

    The ending is especially powerful. This is exactly how I feel about suffragist Alice Paul. She is so deeply inspiring for her advocacy in women's rights and yet, at the time, was dismissed as crazy. Thank you for sharing this!

    Alessandra Giragos

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