Sheila said
it was men men men
I said it was tyrants
I conceded
we've an edge
on the course
and the courts
in the bully's league
But Elizabeth rolled heads
Catherine walked them off a cliff
and they are just as dead
just as dead dead dead
But Sheila said again
it was men
and blamed us also
for repressive religions
it was men again it was men again
And though I argued it was tyrants
explaining how the Malay women
stayed in their native villages
and were strong with their brothers
even in Islam
it's not a simple gender thing.
It's control and property.
Spartacus rose against tyranny
and he writhed on his cross
for you and me
But Sheila said
it was men