She May Be A Filly
She may be a filly
but there is nothing
feminine about her
She may be a filly
post-Saartjie Baartman
post-apartheid’s pencil test
and virginity testing too
She may be a filly
girls do pink boys do
as expected here
She may be a filly
a horse running
apparently, in a race
(with a jockey mounted)
Just when I thought
gender-stereotyping like
we do in our own image
out darkest Africa-way
“Bookies scent defeat for champ” before a horse-race, believe it or not! (Cape Argus, January 7 2011, “The Racegoer” section, page 21).
- David Kapp, david_kapp@yahoo.com
but there is nothing
feminine about her
She may be a filly
post-Saartjie Baartman
post-apartheid’s pencil test
and virginity testing too
She may be a filly
girls do pink boys do
as expected here
She may be a filly
a horse running
apparently, in a race
(with a jockey mounted)
Just when I thought
gender-stereotyping like
we do in our own image
out darkest Africa-way
“Bookies scent defeat for champ” before a horse-race, believe it or not! (Cape Argus, January 7 2011, “The Racegoer” section, page 21).
- David Kapp, david_kapp@yahoo.com
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