September 26, 2018 11:59 am
A rainbow doesn’t have pink I tell her
If God wanted girls to wear that colour
you’d see it in the sky.
Fingering each rack with disappointment
she rejects a blue top, a skirt in purple
even a belt in sparkles and gold.
Grandma, you don’t understand
everyone has pink
Barbie has a pink car and shoes.
Pink is weak, silly and girlie, I grumble
you need a colour that shows your strength
a royal blue or brilliant yellow.
She leads me to the teen department
a field of sequined and shiny black leather.
Witches are strong, she says and grins.
Martha Morseth
Dunedin #NZWOMANPOETS
Posted by Talitha Fraser
Categories: influential reading material
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