thank you to the men

who taught me i was wrong:

about women

about men

about children

who taught me

that a little girl

was ‘asking for it’

who taught me

that a grown man

cannot be expected

to control himself

when faced with

the shoulders

of little girls

he is meant to protect

who have taught me

that alcohol makes her

a slut

but makes him

‘just a guy’

thank you to the men

who have taught me

to be afraid

of what my body

makes them into

thank you to all of the men

who have

with laughter

thrown back their heads

and bared their throats

thank you

for a place

to bury

my teeth



frankenstein’s daughter // a.f.