Here is my contribution to the theme of defining femme. This is a poem I started many years ago. It's gone through countless edits and will probably never be fully finished. I welcome you all to add your own stanza(s) and see what magic can come from a collective effort!

I am femme like steel heels
Stiletto
Staccato
Pointed toes
Hard lines
Sharp edges
Acute angles
Punching out rhythm
Down the hall
Across the floor
On your chest.

Femme like sculpted nails
Painted baby-pink
Playing innocent
Stained dangerous
Fuck-me-red
Scoring
Sharp pain
Raged scratches
Ridges down your back.

Femme like complications
Constrictions
Corsets
Tightened
Cinched
Restrained
Holding me back from you.

Femme like perfection
Persuasion
Scarlet lips
Smoldering eyes
Hours spent
Pulling it together
Only to be dismantled.

I am femme like destruction
Disheveled
Disrupted
Smeared mascara
Hair falling damp and undone
Patterns of teeth
Glowing
Circled in lipstick.

I am femme like brevity
Breathless
Slurs
Sentences shortened:
Ma'am
Sweet
Diva
Bitch
Goddess
Cunt
Mistress
Girl
Princess
Dyke
Scorpio
Switch
Doll
Slut
Mommy
Whore.

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