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MERGE LITERARY MAGAZINE
A SONG FOR SHEROES

By Bob McNeil

Women, make men comprehend,
Women, make men comprehend,
Women,
Make men comprehend
That each sister
Has a Harriet Tubman
Prepared to seek
A place where men
Do not abuse their Queens,
A place that erects Jewels of Respect.
 
Women, make men comprehend,
Women, make men comprehend,
Women,
Make men comprehend
That each sister
Has a Shirley Chisholm
Prepared to shake and make every state
Understand that liberation
Must not become a membership card
Only given to men.
 
Women, make men comprehend,
Women, make men comprehend,
Women,
Make men comprehend
That each sister
Has a Kamala Harris
Showing all chauvinists
And misogynists
They are as unwanted as a virus.
 
Women, make men comprehend,
Women, make men comprehend,
Women,
Make men comprehend
That each sister Has a Dr. Mae C. Jemison
Entering a NASA shuttlecraft
That ascends to a time
Where gender mistreatment ends.
 
Women, make men comprehend,
Women, make men comprehend,
Women, make men comprehend.

 

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