Madness

For women,

the only authentic

freedom is madness

All the Greats

knew this: Plath,

Wolff, Bronte(s).

The only way

to be left alone

to toil with frivolities

(art, philosophy, poetry, science)

is to tread

the fine line

between batshit

and eccentric spinster -

too crazy to marry,

but not crazy enough

to put away.

Every woman

should be afforded

the privilege of

stark raving madness

at least once.