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Fiction and poetry by Margery Bayne

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Play It Again

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a poem

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The guy in my workshop class says,
I’ve heard this poem before
Blah blah, you hate your body
Blah blah, sexism
Blah blah, rape
Enough
Sincerely, just some honest advice

I say,
You may have heard it before but
You have not listened
If you listened, if all of you
Listened, if the whole world listened
I wouldn’t have to write it

So I will write it again, and she will
Write it again, and they will, and
It’s all been written before, but
Silence is the last violence I will not
Subsist in, and what I would give
That none of us
Would have to write it anymore.

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Queer sci-fi & fantasy romance author (Hades & Persephone retelling in the query trenches) • Librarian • Writing craft for emotionally powerful stories.

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