Another feminist poem that tanked in the Lounge.

[BlueIris]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6879282

Le sigh.

"O Patriarchy"

Inaccessible
and remote

behind the drawbridge
of the penis.

Who knows
how your contracts
sprang up

without a word,
natural as rain.

The instituation
of you speaks
for all man kindly,

but if a woman
is offended,
she finds no one there
to blame.

—Elaine Equi

[ismnotwasm]

1. LOL

I really do like it, the author is very witty. Clever, clever poetry.

[BlueIris]

2. Yep.

But I mean, it really just tanked.

I feel like I'm posting poems for like, .000001% of the site.

[Katherine Brengle]

3. Wow, I can't believe that wasn't well-received.

:sarcasm:

I like it :).

[WritingIsMyReligion]

4. Most feminist things tank in the Lounge.

Unless you love porn, and then HELL, welcome to the club! Sometimes I don't know about that place.

[Katherine Brengle]

5. The Lounge...

is where the cool kidz hang out. It's like college.

Digging porn and all things pornalicious makes you cool.

Duh.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

6. No, the Lounge is like jr. high.

Don't give the majority of them that much credit. College? No way. :D

[BlueIris]

7. Even if you think I shouldn't be surprised, it's still unfortunate and disappointing.

And feminists do exist there. More of them than I expected have "come out" in recent months. They just...don't read my poetry selections apparently.

The point of my post wasn't so much my "shock" that it tanked, but that it was a good poem that would be more appreciated here, hence my decision to share it in this forum.