THE CHANGED WOMEN SPACE

Stories walk in bold statements
About our mothers and their mothers’ ill-treatments
…in times past
With some wishing it did last
But the eye-opening die did cast
And ill-treatments turned to dust
Did it?
Did it?

2.
Just yesterday, Lariba’s man was prancing about like a proud peacock
Saying he rules his house like a real-deal cock
Saying his fingers and feet touch nothing
In a house where he is supposed to be something
…a leader
…a half feeder
And turns into a beater
When his wife’s mouth even dips its tongue in the vast waters of his ego
He sounds like a vile serpigo
Which has found itself into a very dark Cuban-like Nanigo
But he’s being cheered on by his peers
…and is obviously enjoying their cheers
Shocking!

3.
Nkechi says she is tired
Of the way her husband is wired
She does all home chores like a slave
And has to be open for him anytime like a doorless cave
And if she forgets to shave
…she would be told to behave
With punishing promises from her dear Dave
How shocking!

4.
Rejoice is battling with many unknown side chicks
With societal reminders of the abomination of a woman’s side pricks
As Edem leaves his escapadal-footprints around like planted sticks
And makes sure that even those without brains know about his tricks
When Rejoice threw away his band
…and left his land
People, who will regard her less than sand
…if STIs creep into her, looked at her hand
And said they didn’t understand
How shocking! How shocking!

5.
There is Agyeiwaa’s handsome husband
…who thinks a woman who delivers from CS has been exposed by the gods as cheated
There is Lamile’s husband
…who believes eating refrigerated food makes the home defeated
There is Olivia’s husband
…who believes a man even holding a house broom makes a woman conceited
There is Monica’s father who believes a girl getting his inheritance makes him defeated
There is a suitor of Amanda who believes a woman who is a lone wife is a witch
Such a walking ditch!
With all his wealth
..his life-span has reached four decades and five with poor health
Without even one wife to call a witch
But still won’t make a mind switch
We’ve got to give it to him
…he sticks to his horrid hymn
And repels all who wish for their peace of mind
But somehow his loneliness is his shocking find
How shocking!

6.
There are those who kill
Just to be able to claim a chill
And move on to a younger fill
And those who wield lies as pill
To make sane wives look insane
…cheating wives look like bane
…nonchalant women look like pain
…and feminism look like a disdain
Yet we’re in better times
Where many fight like warriors to cover rape-crimes
And women choose a bear instead of human slimes
…to the chagrin of many a dimes
Are we rocking in these shocking times?

8.
Times have changed
But there are still the deranged
Who dream of our cages with their rages
…even on seen stages
Times have changed
But there are still the estranged
Who scream dreams of women doormats
…in their summer huts
With their stomach fats
…and their high guts
Is there a wonder many a vile women abound
…in hound?
There’s nothing shocking!
And that in itself is shocking!
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © September 29, 2026.