What It Means To Be Femme II
My femme looks like David Bowie’s older sister Always glitter and platforms and doing the most My femme sings along to Kesha in the bathroom mirror While her eyebrows go from zero to chola faster than the beat drops My femme knows how to make an entrance Coordinates her outfits with the phases of the moon My femme is all hips and tits and ass, on her terms My femme is Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez in a heart-shaped frame on the other side of a metal locker door Wears a ballgown because it’s Thursday Pajamas and pearls to bed every night My femme calls herself Chingona Bradshaw Lives her best Sex in the City life Drinks cheap bottles of wine like makeshift Manhattans And wears thrift store sneakers like Manolos My femme beats her face to do the laundry My femme is wearing spanx until her ass is shaped like Selena’s My femme third generation Descendant of a 60’s beehive bruja Santeria in her bitch smile Every time she called Mary Kay a pendeja They named a new shade of lipstick after her Played Stevie Nicks in the background of her tv spot Underneath a woman whispering the word “temptress” My femme walks home with her keys clutched between her fingers Like running with scissors My femme watches her mascara run When everyone decides she’s extra, she’s too much She’s the woman they’ve all been longing to leave behind
-Gigi Bella G
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