Hey Sister! It's Not Your Body
 
by Patricia Ernest

 

Hey sister!  Listen up baby.  A bunch of middle aged men want you to get your ass in the kitchen, kick off your shoes and get pregnant.  No, they don't care which one of those actions you do first.  They just slapped you up the side of your rights. Can you feel the sting?  Well you will, and it's a hurt that's gonna keep on hurtin'.  It's gonna hurt you and all your sisters too.  It's gonna hurt your girl babies and your boy babies.  You see, if you get pregnant, and near the end of the term something happens that will put your life in jeopardy during child birth..........well sister, you're dead.  If during the latter term of your pregnancy your baby is determined to be sadly mal developed and will never have any quality of life,  you will deal with that because you have no choice, no choice for you or your baby, baby.  No!  Hell no, you do not get a say in this.  Your husband and your doctor do not get a say in this.  This damned decision has already been made by some middle aged men who don't even have a clue about your condition.  They smiled so big and they said, "Hey we run this show and we run it in accordance with a bunch of religious folks.  We don't even know you or your baby or your condition, but we sure as hell know what we want you to do.  Yes woman, we are putting you back where you belong so get back there now!  Get back right now!  Go backward baby, go back to the way it used to be and don't give me any of your sass!  You mess with us and we'll take back your vote too!  We aren't kidding, we can do it and we just might, unless you shut the hell up. "
 
Hey Sister!  There's a new sheriff in town and he's in charge of running your life, patrolling your body, and making new laws.  He's a bad ass sheriff.  He's just told you that he will be in your doctor's office with you and he will have his new stinking law grasped tightly in his mighty right hand.  He's already decided that he and his almighty posse will take it from here.  The almighty posse is going to pat him on his despicable back while you're crying and crying and crying.  Yes siree, just that new sheriff and that mighty posse.  They are so god almighty fine.  So god almighty fine. But sister you and I aren't so god almighty  fine.   We're in a big puddle of bad news.
 
Hey sister, You better watch out baby, because they will be coming back, these men with their Lord in tow.  Oh yeah, bet your sweet private ass they're coming back, and when they do they're gonna slap you again, but this time it will leave an ugly scar.  This time it's gonna be even worse.  They are not only gonna patrol your body, they're gonna own it.  Yes, that's right, they will own your body.   They will decide that if you have the pleasure, you have to bear the pain.  They're coming back to tell you that you cannot choose, because you aren't capable of deciding how you want to live your own life.  They're not gonna whisper, they're gonna shout at you and tell you NO, IT'S OVER, YOU'RE OUT!  They don't care a damn about you, but they go friggin bananas over that embryo you have hidden in there.  Your rights are the right to obey the damned sheriff.  That's all you better do or else he could put you and your doctor in the local hoosegow.
 
Hey sister!  You know what they really want?  They want to tell you what you can do with your body, with your life and with your death.  Didn't you hear sister?  Didn't you hear that God retired and turned everything over to men.  Yeah, he sure did.  When you pray, just say those sweet prayers to those nasty old men who made a law that tells you what to do.  Remember that!  If you thought that you and your God were gonna decide what was best for you, well sweetie, it's time to update that thought process.  We don't know if God actually retired or if he was asked to step down.  All we know is that these old men have taken over running the show.  Remember how God used to give you little hints about what was right or wrong, but in the end He would always let you decide?  Honey, those days are gone.  Those days have been taken and flicked in the garbage.  No more wondering, you don't need to wonder, just read the law.
 
Hey sister!  Do you know why this happened?  It happened because a whole bunch of people have nice shiny clean brains.  How do I know that?  I'll tell you how I know.   They have clean brains because they have been washed.  Washed away was the common sense, washed away was responsibility and washed away was self pride.  It's all been washed away and since those people don't use their brains that much anyway, they won't get all messy with original ideas and junk like that.  Once a brain has been washed all nice and clean it's very easy to maneuver.  A clean brain is what those nasty old men like.  They use clean brains to create dirty thoughts.  It's easy baby, real easy! 

 

Remember sweet thing, life doesn't come with batteries included.  If we don't add the batteries someone else will.  
 
Hey sister!  Don't shake your head at me!  Don't you walk away!  Turn around and listen.  Think baby, think!    This is getting real bad.  Stuff is happening that will make you have nightmares.  It's bad now, but it can get so much worse.  Remember whose life we're talking about here.  Remember whose body we're talking about here.  No it isn't your life, no it isn't your body.  Not anymore sister! Not anymore!
Patricia Ernest,  nesters@bellsouth.net gives us this bio:

I live in the wonderful state of Florida.

I am a mom to Murphy (my precious pup) and Fred (my occasionally precious cat).
I share my life, my laughter, my world and all of my love with my husband and have for 16 years.
I would describe myself as a very sentimental and sensitive person who is forever willing to share my point of view whether or not it has been requested of me.  This article is copyright by Patricia Ernest,  originally published by opednews.com Permission is granted to forward this or to place it on a website as long as the article is included intact, including this statement.  New! Pissed Off Patricia's Blog