Sexism doesn’t exist
(Originally published in The Harpoon Review)
Next time someone says
sexism doesn’t exist,
ask them to pay close attention to
their inner voice when
a woman pilot onboard
makes this announcement:
“This is your Captain speaking.”
Unburying
Unburying those long-held secrets
one shovel at a time
she breathes life into them again
“That’s so like a girl!”
(First published in Anti-serious)
That I ended up hitting him
so hard
when throwing the ball back,
I was concerned
if he was alright.
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Prerna Bakshi is a sociolinguist, writer and interpreter of Indian origin, presently based in Macao. She is a Pushcart Prize Nominee. Her work has been published widely, most recently in Red Wedge Magazine, Off the Coast, Sick Lit Magazine, Wilderness House Literary Review, Peril magazine: Asian-Australian Arts & Culture and Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature, as well as anthologized in several collections. Her full-length poetry collection, Burnt Rotis, With Love, which was recently long-listed for the Erbacce-Press Poetry Award in the UK, is available to order here. Find out more about her athttps://about.me/prernabakshi84
*Photo courtesy of Brian Michael Barbeito*
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