Fearless Featuring Trinette Jackson

Taking up space
Is not a matter of simple physics
When you’re a girl.
You must use clever strategy
And mathematical calculations
Accurate to the last unreal number.
Also defensive in its approach
So that the ‘x’ you need to find or theorise
Isn’t a target on your back,
Or your pussy or your chest.
One woman’s ‘x’ is another man’s asking for it.

But here I am
Taking up all the geometry of being a woman.
Making fetching triangles
Exploring the concentricity of roses and a blood-red pout.
And determining the mile radius of looking for trouble.
So flattering, so unapologetic
Taking up space
As I should.
Taking up space
Guns a-blazing and knives out to cut.