cause & effect

tell her she’s a witch, she’ll cast a spell
say she’s a queen, she’ll rule the roost

call her ugly, she’ll lie in bed
praise her beauty, she’ll dare the sun

whisper she’s stupid & she’ll flunk the test
insult her limp & she’ll stand still

call her temptress, she’ll wear a sheet
name her whore, her body goes cheap

say she’s a person & her choices will matter
show her respect & she’ll build a world

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Anne Leigh Parrish is an award-winning author of fourteen books. Her work has won many honorable awards such as: 2021 Story Circle Sarton Award Finalist 2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards Bronze Medal Winner 2020 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize Short List 2020 Eric Hoffer Award, Honorable Mention, General Fiction Category 2017 Maxy Awards, Best Fiction Winner 2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medal Winner Anne Leigh Parrish’s new novel, The Hedgerow, appears in July 2024 from Unsolicited Press. Diary of a False Assassin, her next poetry collection, will arrive in December 2024, also from Unsolicited Press. Recent titles are A Summer Morning, a novel; An Open Door, a novel, and If The Sky Won’t Have Me, a poetry collection. She is the author of ten other books. She has recently ventured into the art of photography and lives in the South Sound Region of Washington State. Find her online at her website, Facebook, Instagram, and Goodreads. Explore her photography at www.laviniastudios.com.

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