Another Woman Thang Poem by Oni Lasana

I am Woo-man...here I stand
Super Woman...Mother Earth
Blessed Mary...of your birth
I have nursed you to life before
I will knock down every door
To make you hear
what I whisper to say
You must respect me in
every way

I am woman...i captured your seed
to give you many mouths to feed
While you work, toil & strife
I wear the brand name of WIFE

I raise your children...I raise your mood
I am required to prepare all food
You may grumble...you may growl
I will LOVE you...anyhow

I am woe-man...woe-man am I
Hear me holler...watch me cry
I am never satisfied
I am always on the rag
I am witch...I am hag

I know the mysteries of mother earth
I am a Goddess...I know what I'm worth
& I can charge...the hungry who buy
I'm what you crave...your pie in the sky

I am womb-man...hear me roar
Yeah, you heard it all before
Yet you allow my sensitivities
My sensualities...my big butt
My strut...my tender breast
My endless pit of loving' it
Keeps you writing begging songs to me
You keep singing' about what you gonna do to me
When you only do it once
& without my boundless energies
not very well

I am woman...watch out!
All you female impersonators
& you female in-person-haters
You will never find a line as soft as mine

I am woman...look out!
All my sister's never satisfied with your bodies
Our body is a work of art
sold in every book mart
Everyone praises...Playboy, Cosmo,
even funky screw
So what the hell is ailing you?

The power is between our arms
The power is between our thighs
The power is between our ears
The power is...WOMAN!

(C) 1996 A Soul Sista From Cool World Valley