{"id":68,"date":"2022-08-04T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreviewxii\/chapter\/when-the-sun\/"},"modified":"2023-06-25T13:11:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T17:11:12","slug":"feminine-rage","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/artsreview-xii\/chapter\/feminine-rage\/","title":{"raw":"Feminine Rage","rendered":"Feminine Rage"},"content":{"raw":"It is bared teeth\r\n\r\nFists clenched as juice drips down her knuckles\r\n\r\nFragrant and rich and red\r\n\r\nPouring endlessly from the wounds her nails create.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt is gasping.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt is claws tearing up her throat\r\n\r\nHands gripping and shaking her lungs\r\n\r\nFingerprints burning into her skin.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt is years of oppression.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt is his hand pushing her head under the waves\r\n\r\nForcing salt water into her lungs\r\n\r\nJust so he can breathe.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt is ruthless.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt is a tongue that has bled too many times\r\n\r\nTeeth piercing it like gates\r\n\r\nRestraining the beast that is her voice.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt is unhinged.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt is tears of rage\r\n\r\nOceans erupting from her throat\r\n\r\nBeyond her control.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt is condemnation.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt is persecuting her\r\n\r\nFor the same actions he commits\r\n\r\nWithout blinking an eye.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt is relentless.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt is years of anger\r\n\r\nYears of shoving down emotions\r\n\r\nThat never felt the breath of air.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt is disobedience.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt is releasing this anger\r\n\r\nLike the beast from a cave\r\n\r\nSlashing away chains\r\n\r\nAnd whispering\r\n\r\n\u2018Be free.\u2019\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThat is feminine rage.","rendered":"<p>It is bared teeth<\/p>\n<p>Fists clenched as juice drips down her 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