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in a culture that still espouses a belief
that a good man is hard to find
yet a hard man is good to find
it feels to me that men cannot quite piece together
who they are within this context

one is left to follow the cultural memes
where women are both bitches and hos
yet also mother and madonna,

fuck i am confused by this,

perpetuation of domination
and subversion of female power
has led us to the brink of self-destruction
as people and our planet’s caretaker

yet it still leaves men of heart and conscience
swimming against a current of power over
anyone who questions, power over

the fact that most of my friends
who have had children, have had girls
gives me the hope that women raised
by males who understand true equality
will be able to assist the males of their generation
to not be lost in this conundrum

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