The Gritty Parts of Being a Woman
It isn't all pretty.
The gritty parts of being a woman
(that no one talks about)
include getting to your car
limping all the way
through the parking lot
at the end of the day.
Ripping off your nice, expensive shoes
(purchased on sale, but still too costly)
grimacing at the red flesh and peeling skin
navigating your feet around the tight space
between you and the stagnant steering wheel.
Groaning in pain as you pull off the bandages
(finally able to drop your pleasant poker face)
and put more medicated muck on your bleeding heels
aching and stinging
from the endless scraping and chafing.
These are the unpleasant
but ever-present realities
we grin through every day.
About the Creator
Leigh Fisher
I'm a writer, bookworm, sci-fi space cadet, and coffee+tea fanatic living in Brooklyn. I have an MS in Integrated Design & Media (go figure) and I'm working on my MFA in Fiction at NYU. I share poetry on Instagram as @SleeplessAuthoress.
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