VICE-PRESIDENT VICKI’S GUIDELINES · FOR THE
MAWRITES
The joke called Evolution
Chapter 19
Remember only that it is your desire not to be the prisoner of your anatomy,
2No matter who gets hurt,
3Because it’s not your fault if an egg gets the wrong idea every now and again,
4aAnd besides, you didn’t ask to be born anyway,
5bAnd you’re not responsible for the joke called evolution,
6Which has played a lot of nasty tricks on us anyway,
7cIncluding the pain of childbirth,
8Which no one should have to experience against her will,
9dNot to mention rape,
10eAnd cramps and bloating,
11fAnd contraceptives,
12gAnd sanitary napkins,
13hAnd brassieres,
14iAnd being too small to knock them on their keester when they get out of line,
15jAnd motherhood,
16And all the rest of it,
17Which we absolutely, positively did not ask for,
18But got anyway,
19kWhich means it is certainly unfair to assume that we’re automatically responsible for all the consequences,
20lAnd besides, it’s a lot easier to blame it all on sexism and the Bible-beaters.
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