a.m.nin women, this is for you.

happiness in gynecology

babe screams
rather be anywhere else
babe screams
she's on her back on a slab
babe screams
she feels her doctor take a pap smear
babe screams
he's saying things she'd rather not hear

don't open your legs, yes, your doctor's a sleaze
the stirrups are clamping the soles of your feet
don't open your legs, cross them and flee
i have found
you can't find
happiness in gynecology

babe screams
she's gone through every form of birth control
babe screams
she's the one stuck with this big fucking hole
babe screams
she doesn't want her method to fail
babe screams
if she's going to be fucking that male

don't ask for too much, there's no male pill to find
and they don't yet make edible spermicide
don't ask if it works, put it inside
i have found
you can't find
happiness in gynecology

i don't want IUDs, i don't want diaphragms
feel the doc press up on my cervix
prods my breasts while i squirm in this endless exam
just some flesh caught in this ice-cold speculum

-- melissa ray