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From: abk@hogpc.UUCP (A.KANE)
Newsgroups: net.poems,net.women
Subject: control
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Date: Fri, 9-Mar-84 21:19:43 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  9 21:19:43 1984
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	I wrote this poem while I was struggling mightily to take
control of my life.


                          Good Girls

	Doris:
		My father said,
			If you make a mistake, you are bad.
		I was a good girl.
		Now I am very careful
		And I don't know what I fear.

	Mary:
		My priest said,
			The rythym method is the only way.
		I was a good girl.
		Now, my ten children have grown and left me
		And I don't know why I am.

	Betty:
		The media said,
			The way to keep your husband is to do what
				he wants.
		I was a good girl.
		Now, I make his meals, clean his house,
			go on his vactaions
		And I don't know who I am.

	Chorus:
		God, I hate being a good girl
		I WANT TO BE ME!


					Anne Bassler Kane