A brief

History of

The Female Form as it once was

In bold relief

writ to amuse

Not to cause

 Grief

But

Just

Relief

Once upon a time a woman’s figure

Voluptuous, yet narrow-waisted

Showed discipline and

Deference to men

Whose tastes

And needs

Required

Sacrifice

From ladies who

Expected that their lives

Would be lived to serve the desires

Of males who at that time happily ruled

The world with unquestioned authority,

But then the suffragettes appeared

To challenge and defy the sex 

Sporting mustache and beard

Phenomena no longer feared

And life became a game

A battle of the sexes

A competition ruled

By petulance and 

So up to this day 

Discord, Divorce

Discontent and

Dismay hold sway.

Which should come 

As no surprise
To tired eyes
Grown      too wise

The Feminine Mystaque

Fully liberated females today