Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!hogpc!abk From: abk@hogpc.UUCP (A.KANE) Newsgroups: net.poems,net.women Subject: control Message-ID: <362@hogpc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Mar-84 21:19:43 EST Article-I.D.: hogpc.362 Posted: Fri Mar 9 21:19:43 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Mar-84 13:43:02 EST Lines: 36 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