Women On the Fringe

We are the radical women,
the women on the fringe,
and we live in the wind that howls
and the ever-changing moon.


We are the radical women.
We go deep, to the roots, to the very
heart of radical,
where the twin vines of spirit
and biology
arise from the same seed,
embarrassing the hell out of
the preachers and the clean men
who sterilize
and sanitize
the rich and living world.


We are the radical women,
our spirits, our goddesses moving with
every breath we take,
alive in every nerve
and thought
and dream.


We are the radical women.
We want none of your arranging
and managing.
Your arrangements destroy
the ten thousand things,
and your managements
accomplish nothing
that you think you want.


We are the radical women.
We are the witches.
We are your worst nightmares
and the realities you do not want
to face.
We are your greatest desires.
In the end,
you cannot harm us
or make us go away,
because we are every woman,
your mothers,
your lovers,
your sisters,
your friends.


We are the radical women,
and we are the most implacable enemies
you will ever know.

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