Oct. 31, 2011

Womb

by Jerome Coffey

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Womb

Why do unconscious men disrespect the womb?
Why do unconscious young brothers use the most offensive language to call women bitch, whore, slut, and ho?
Why do unconscious men sexually exploit the womb for profit?
Why do unconscious men abuse the womb through domestic violence?
Why do unconscious men womanize the womb?

Gynecologists and scholars have written extensively about the womb and still can't understand it.

Sometimes the womb gets emotional.
Sometimes the womb cries in sadness.
Sometimes the womb smiles in happiness.
Sometimes the womb is in love through pregnancy.
Sometimes the womb falls victim to drugs and alcohol as collateral damage.
Sometimes the womb goes through menstrual pain.

The womb is powerful.
The womb contributes to mankind.
The womb creates life.
The womb is intelligent.
The womb is spiritual.

Beautiful love songs are written about the womb, songs of sorrow, happiness, and songs of apology, and even songs of love-making.

The womb fought patriarchy and male chauvinism for women's liberation and equality.
The womb fought for freedom-uhuru
The womb fought for thee right to be head and seen.
The womb fought for the vote.
The womb fought for anarchy.

Do unconscious men know he came from the womb?
Do unconscious men know the womb taught him ABC's and 123's and the differences between right and wrong?

The womb is Harriet Tubman and Soujourner Truth.
The womb is Queen Mother Audley Moore and Ella Baker,
The womb is Rosa Luxemburg, Maria-Rosa Dalla Costa, and Selma James.
The womb is my grandmother, mother, and sister.
The womb is our guardian angle.

Uhuru: Swahili for "freedom."

In Struggle
In Solidarity
Stiff Resistance
Stay Alert

Jerome "Hoagie" Coffey
AS-1558
SCI-Forest
P.O. Box 945
Marienville, PA 16239

Book recommendations:
Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought
Edited by Beverly Guy-Sheftall with an epilogue by Jonnetta B. Cole

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