Me, Too:
A Response to Walt Whitman’s
“I Hear America Singing”
Nicole Dipre
When a girl’s childhood is snatched away
By gender guidelines and shushes,
Snatched away and swept under the carpet,
You ignore that she, too, is America.
The young wife’s work is interrupted
When “no” is translated to “yes”,
And when “stop” is heard as “continue”.
The wedding rings do not justify,
But this is translated as well.
She is ignored, she isn't recognized as it
But she, too, is America.