[pct-l] The Girl Who Goes Alone-poem
sandy boyd
sandylwes at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 10 19:59:12 CST 2010
Here is a bit of a poem that helps explain why we go out alone... look here for the rest of it... http://www.hugohouse.org/content/elizabeth-austen-poems scroll down....
quite a long poem....didnt want to cluttter the list. Poem by Elizabeth Austin
To be a girl alone in the wilderness is to know
that if something goes wrong—
you picked the trailhead where the ax murderer lurks
or the valley of girl-eating gophers—
if you don’t come home unscathed, the mourning
will be mixed with I-told-you-sos
from everyone whose idea of camping involves an RV or a Motel 6.
The message is clear: Girls must be chaperoned.
So when, at the end of the day, you zip up the tent
and lie back in your sleeping bag,
fleece jacket bundled
into a lumpy pillow under your head, the second
you close your eyes every least night noise is instantly magnified.
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