Whipping Girls A Poem By Elizabeth Gade
Whipping Girls, a poem by Elizabeth Gatie, first published by the elevation review. National Poetry Month issue 2022. Could not good girl my way to safety. Could not fawn my way out of the lion's den. Inside every woman is the need to exist beyond the proximity of men. Behind every mediocre man is his own personal whipping girl. Could not talk therapy my way through it, had to wade waste deep through the darkness my abusers left behind