Dear Sis, Only In England Are We This Silly About It.

Dear Sis,
.

Only in England are we this silly about it
The cropped heads and wood-chopper swagger
Of women who have suffered at the hands of men
A handicap made more obvious than physical defect.
.

Here
In public
They display
Corrupted bodies
In pseudo-diffident defiance
Of things to come
.

The physically handicapped
Have much more grace
In such matters
.

Bannerism
At the heart of a subject so poor
Women who would rather slog it out
Toe to toe
Like any good buddy
Than caress the soul
.

Only in England
Does Aphrodite climb from her adoration
To spit in the eye of man
.