I really have been meaning to write something cheerful. One of these days, I promise…

Well, the second and third stanzas were uplifting, so that’s a start.

Uplifting, Science? Dominatrixes (dominatrices?) and strippers? Ahh, you misogynist… ;-)

I have to agree with Science here – but then, I tend to read women in positions of sexual power as empowered, not abused or put down.

And I liked this poem. :) Re-’vamp’ing old fairy tales and nursery rhymes always appeals to me.

Thank you. I really enjoyed that!

Well, at least she lived a life.
I never actually tried to imagine stuff liek this.
Thank you for not making me.
This is really very nice!

Sometimes the power is wielded by the woman; sometimes she’s given it away. So much depends on context…
I really don’t know where this one came from; Pyropunk asked me for another shoe poem, and I just remembered the first line of the old poem. When I went back to read it, I was really surprised at how unhappy a little poem it was.

I didn’t intend it to be misogynistic, but I do have to admit that I wouldn’t have found it as uplifting if it was a man in the second and third stanzas; I’d find it more humorous. Maybe I was just digging to find a ray of sunshine in this poem.