Brian’s Reflection: Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Sometimes I feel as if four thousand years of silencing women,

of the fear of women who were burned in oil

or eviscerated in front of their daughters,

is imprinted deep within me and has altered my DNA.

Olympia Dukakis, actress; she was born

on this date, 1931, at Lowell, Massachusetts

Mrs. Madrigal, of Barbary Lane. Have you read the books? Seen the movies? If you haven’t, you’re in for a huge treat … Olympia as the … well, you’ll see …

beware .. beware

it is like

the earth’s core

roiling with molten metal

woman

repressed

feared by men

violated

dehumanized

owned

enslaved

even if outside tiffany’s

burqa clad

dripping in diamonds

and manolo blahnik shoes

patriarchal fear will be flooded

with female lava

and men will finally

in the mythic depth of being

be freed

and god

will laugh

Brian+