“It used to be
so simple,” he said
(Ephesians: “Wives, submit yourselves
to your own husbands
as you do
to the Lord”)
“Bullshit,” I said
“It’s all fucked up now”
(I tried that. It failed.)
I’d love to belong to some man
to be his submissive wife
if there was a man out there
with his shit together
enough to provide for me
and to make me want
to submit to him
Until then
he said, “You have to wear the pants”
because I’m a woman
without a man