Woman!
Are you the Eve
that tempts Adam
or the snake that
hisses around
to spit its venom
on its prey, the man?
Or are you the woman
in the Garden of Eden
born out of the womb
of your mother,
clothed in the wings
of your freedom and passion?
Are you the woman
proud of your culture and origin
who cannot be damned to hell
by the forefathers' heaven
of long-waged patriarchy?
poem by Elizabeth Padillo Olesen
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