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letra de this girl - jenn colella

[carrie]
this girl
this entitled little- hmm…
calm down, carrie
but this girl, this alice paul
what gall to call me an old fogey
since when am i an old fogey
she thinks i’m obsolete, she ought’a kiss my feet
i lit the way for her, but no, she thinks she knows better
don’t let her get to your head, focus on your speech instead

what was i thinking enabling her
i should’ve heeded the doubts i had from the start
she’s undeniably smart but so misguided
i’ve labored for decades to craft a conservative image for suffrage
but shе makes us look like a horde of hystеrical [?]
with smoke blowing out of our ears
what if she ruins what i have been mounting for years
i did not count on this girl
this girl

i can’t believe i am now viewed as the old guard
and she as the beacon of change
me, the old fogey
how strange…
this girl
not this girl, raised by a penniless drunk
who refused to send her to school
not this girl, who paid her own way through college
proving she’s n0body’s fool
who worked as the first woman superintendand
harassed by her boss, but managed to thrive
who married a man for a good reputation
then found herself widowed at age 25
not this girl who flouted all feminine custome
by joining the fight for the vote
not this girl who followed the lead of the movement
hiding her anger beneath her penny coat
who rose through the ranks by paying her dues
and earned her place at the top
who transformed and expanded the organization
and she’s yet to stop

not this girl you see before you now
who stands by each move that she’s made
this old fogey’s time has come
woman’s time has come
i fought my whole godd-mn life
for respect for my s-x
and i will no longer allow
this arrogant child to imperil our chance to be free
not me
not this girl

- jenn colella

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