For once

let me out where eyes greet me in the face
and not pry along my breasts or stare as I bend, between my legs.

let me out to play in the dirt
let me shout to cry and agitate
let me love another girl

no i do not love knitting
no i do not love cooking
no i do not want you proposing on one knee
and Yes i mean NO when i say No

Just once

let me be,
no one's mother
no one's sister
no one's wife
no one's daughter

keep your business in your trouser pockets
next to that which gives you over me.