The angelica pickles the regina georges the

omarosas the cruellas the ursulas

because your parents naming you ursula never gave you a chance
They say in a world full of marilyns be an audrey

They say why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free

They say lots of things these disembodied voices

always peering at you through the crack of your wardrobe

waiting for you to fuck up

Like narnia except it’s inhabited by boring bitches

who spell out maxims in slices of turkish delight

staining the furs at the threshold with their misogynistic sweets
Funny how the white queen is the villain in that story

And how in Cuckoo’s Nest nurse ratchet is an apt representation

of the ills of the psychiatric industrial complex

That women are the best functional analogy

for the evils in the world that come from men
In a world full of nancy kerrigans be a tonya harding

Stop at nothing especially any form of self-acceptance

Stop at nothing slice the ice like the false concept of a US Figure Skating Association

     meritocracy
In a world full of white lace and conservative music choices

Sew your own costumes and have your life ruined

by a man who never knew your true value in the world
In a world full of spineless losers break a leg

Break nancy kerrigan’s leg
In a world full of rules designed to scratch other people’s backs and gouge yours

Grow a skin so thick an angle grinder couldn’t buff through

Take all your hurt and make it a new costume

Tear out your rival’s perms for frills

Stitch sequins in place of your eyes

Bury your shame so deep in shoulder pads it suffocates
I am getting better at bleeding in public

twirling my feelings like ribbons on the rink

crying and scraping my bare soles against the ice

The most hysterical curling competition of all time

In a world full of dreams live long enough for them to

become nightmares and just keep going keep going

be braver than I can skate like you’re dying and never look back