Scene 1
(4-21-05)
the girls
from
had pins
"i heart my vagina"
they had the play at their school
the school is trying
to get the girls
in trouble for the pins.
Scene 2 APRIL 8, 2002.
WE ARE EMPLOYED AT ______OF PRISONS.
I REPORTED
HE WAS ARRESTED
CHARGED
THEY KEPT HIM ON THE JOB,
I HAVE A RESTRAINING ORDER
HE PLED GUILTY
RECEIVED 15 MONTHS PROBATION AND A STAY AWAY ORDER.
THE ______ OF PRISONS
ALLOWS HIM TO WORK
I HAD TO TAKE LEAVE
I HAVE BEEN OUT OF WORK
I AM NOW NOT BEING PAID.
Scene 3
I was 16 years old.
I helped him with homework.
He was 18
drank gin tonics.
He invited me to a party.
I didn't go to parties.
It was loud.
The house smelled like puke.
I didn't drink.
I didn't dance.
He told me to loosen up.
I asked for some juice.
He brought it.
His eyes changed.
He watched me take a sip
then another.
My sweatshirt is over my head
I can't see anything.
I don't know what's going on.
My hands are over my head.
I try to cry out
I remember three of them
who knows how many there were.
I woke up the next morning with my clothes half on.
Scene 4
As a Middle Eastern woman
I have been taught to be silent.
My grandmother claims that silence
and control go
hand in hand.
What kind of logic is that?
The same logic that made it ok
for my father to rape my mother.
The same logic that reassured
a friend to take advantage of me
The same logic that put my mother in abusive relationships.
The same logic for my uncle's physical abuse
The same logic that leaves women like me feeling helpless and confused.
As a middle eastern woman, I defy that logic.
Scene 5
until I was 11
I was molested by my sister.
As a young man
I felt marginalized
I had been victimized
by a woman.
Scene 6
calling on activists
to speak out against
the “Rapist Number One” doll
released by NECA in conjunction
with the Quinton Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez film Grindhouse.
The doll,
modeled after filmmaker
Quentin Tarantino’s character in the film
has been displayed widely
on talk shows such as The Jimmy Kimmel Show
and is available online
and at selected toy stores across the nation.
2 comments:
I really like this Andrea... I hope you workshop it. It demonstrates the balance needed more or less between rhetoric and poetry. There are some really important things to discuss here.
Agreed. Your timing in this is brilliant. beautiful work.
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