First Published in New York Parrot, September 2020
The Awakening Why did the Nile dweller, Bastet* the beautiful, metamorphose from a Lioness to a cat? Two thousand years, Bastet turned a cat that sits on burial urns in pharaohs’ tombs — revered, worshipped as a rat catcher no longer a warrior woman From Amazonians, Women crumbled into corners— victims violated violenced silenced hurt The feminine reduced to feline, seductive tramp using her body map to attract— bejewelled, trinketed wallowing in brands, money, career Where is the Matriarch? The Proud Womb of...
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