Title: The Women in my Family make Sunshine for Breakfast
(i) The titanic did not sink,
Olympic did,
makes me wonder,
if the captain was a woman,
because women shrink ships,
faster than man do.
Because that’s just how,
patriarchy works!
a man makes an observation,
without any statistical
or analytical proof,
and we take it,
because we’re not really taught
how to ask questions
that they do not
know the answers to.
(ii) bush did 9/11,
do not pretend
that you are surprised,
because the troops
in Afghanistan aren’t.
they know exactly
how much oil was dug up
last year.
war is code for
I want more oil
Can Venezuela give up already?
we know both of its presidents have.
(iii) I did not have four cups of coffee today,
I had five!
and guess what,
I made none of them.
I do not make sandwiches either,
it’s more of a political statement
than a personal choice,
but damn,
did men just annoy me out of
eating sandwiches???
(iv) All my decisions are subjective,
so it’s okay if I don’t make any,
because you’re going to end up
making one for me anyway.
but maybe the lack of a decision
is a decision in itself too!
can you scam your way through a decision???
I know that’s what you do.
do you also forget how to spell decision sometimes??
or is it just my fragile feminine brain,
that can defeat you at a game of chess,
anytime, any day.
(v) queen’s gambit is not the best gambit
but statistically speaking it does work in your favour!!
It makes me think a lot
about how powerful
the Queen really is
but you’d still sacrifice Her
to save your King any day.
Chess is mostly a
patriarchal game
but it is so much fun!!
(oh my god),
but actively engaging
in patriarchal sports
also legitimises them
so where do we go
from here????
It’s not as if
we have all the time
in the world
but just imagine
what if we did???
oh my god,
there would be so much healing
and I’d be so much better.
and you’d have so many more chances
to lose to me at a game of chess.
(vi) I think the europian democracies
are a scam because
how the hell are the
Scandinavian nations
so freaking happy??
who the hell is making
the sandwiches out there???
(vii) I think there should be
more spray paint
on the roads
but fewer roads too.
more spray paint,
with less,
“Come back, bittoo”
to more,
“I’m sorry.
you don’t have to.”
(viii) I’m a walking paradox,
on most days,
and on others,
I’m the exact opposite.
I do not know what that is,
just as yet,
but I’ll get there one day,
and when I do,
you’ll know,
because I’ll shout
“screw u”
at the top of my lungs!!
(viii) has a picture ever
made you want to write?
because OH MAN,
frida kahlo’s self portrait
is nothing
but poetry!
all the poetry in this world,
and all your silence too,
because that’s how you react
to a woman like her,
you go weak in your knees
and apologise for your existence!
all men are cancelled today!!
(ix) I think there should be
more laughter,
SO MUCH MORE laughter
ugh why do people not
laugh and cry,
or laugh or cry as much???
why are emotions considered criminal??
why are criminals highly emotional???
(xi) this is not a rant!!
(but maybe I’d really like it to be one!)
there should just be “rant days”
called “rant days”
on which you wake up
and rant your heart out
and still have
so much breath in your lungs!!
(xii) have you ever tried swallowing sunshine???
I did and it TASTED SO GREAT,
So I’m pretty sure that a woman made it.
And tomorrow,
I will swallow the whole sun!!
By Muskan Sethi
(i) The titanic did not sink,
Olympic did,
makes me wonder,
if the captain was a woman,
because women shrink ships,
faster than man do.
Because that’s just how,
patriarchy works!
a man makes an observation,
without any statistical
or analytical proof,
and we take it,
because we’re not really taught
how to ask questions
that they do not
know the answers to.
(ii) bush did 9/11,
do not pretend
that you are surprised,
because the troops
in Afghanistan aren’t.
they know exactly
how much oil was dug up
last year.
war is code for
I want more oil
Can Venezuela give up already?
we know both of its presidents have.
(iii) I did not have four cups of coffee today,
I had five!
and guess what,
I made none of them.
I do not make sandwiches either,
it’s more of a political statement
than a personal choice,
but damn,
did men just annoy me out of
eating sandwiches???
(iv) All my decisions are subjective,
so it’s okay if I don’t make any,
because you’re going to end up
making one for me anyway.
but maybe the lack of a decision
is a decision in itself too!
can you scam your way through a decision???
I know that’s what you do.
do you also forget how to spell decision sometimes??
or is it just my fragile feminine brain,
that can defeat you at a game of chess,
anytime, any day.
(v) queen’s gambit is not the best gambit
but statistically speaking it does work in your favour!!
It makes me think a lot
about how powerful
the Queen really is
but you’d still sacrifice Her
to save your King any day.
Chess is mostly a
patriarchal game
but it is so much fun!!
(oh my god),
but actively engaging
in patriarchal sports
also legitimises them
so where do we go
from here????
It’s not as if
we have all the time
in the world
but just imagine
what if we did???
oh my god,
there would be so much healing
and I’d be so much better.
and you’d have so many more chances
to lose to me at a game of chess.
(vi) I think the europian democracies
are a scam because
how the hell are the
Scandinavian nations
so freaking happy??
who the hell is making
the sandwiches out there???
(vii) I think there should be
more spray paint
on the roads
but fewer roads too.
more spray paint,
with less,
“Come back, bittoo”
to more,
“I’m sorry.
you don’t have to.”
(viii) I’m a walking paradox,
on most days,
and on others,
I’m the exact opposite.
I do not know what that is,
just as yet,
but I’ll get there one day,
and when I do,
you’ll know,
because I’ll shout
“screw u”
at the top of my lungs!!
(viii) has a picture ever
made you want to write?
because OH MAN,
frida kahlo’s self portrait
is nothing
but poetry!
all the poetry in this world,
and all your silence too,
because that’s how you react
to a woman like her,
you go weak in your knees
and apologise for your existence!
all men are cancelled today!!
(ix) I think there should be
more laughter,
SO MUCH MORE laughter
ugh why do people not
laugh and cry,
or laugh or cry as much???
why are emotions considered criminal??
why are criminals highly emotional???
(xi) this is not a rant!!
(but maybe I’d really like it to be one!)
there should just be “rant days”
called “rant days”
on which you wake up
and rant your heart out
and still have
so much breath in your lungs!!
(xii) have you ever tried swallowing sunshine???
I did and it TASTED SO GREAT,
So I’m pretty sure that a woman made it.
And tomorrow,
I will swallow the whole sun!!
By Muskan Sethi
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