They say you look prettier with a closed mouth
because an open one leaves behind outcries on your teeth.
They'll hand you a brush loud woman,
to scrape away any hope you've groused
in this journey of gender oppression.
Just remember I praise you loud woman
for finding a voice in a room
that worships small-handed conversations
and slender thigh-ed opinions.
Loud woman,
you've questioned your tip-toed existence
and finally uncovered injustice.
By Fatima Tall