She is the woman holding it all together connecting the dots in spirit
She is
the woman
holding it all together
connecting the dots
in spirit
She is
the woman
midwifing her vision
that other kind of bravery
the latest model of her old people
She is the woman
home free
a fringe dweller
in a paradise
out of her reach, in sight
She is the woman
from another dimension
like the seven sisters
void of time and place
agreeing to this mission
She is the woman
stepping into her given powers
maintaining the medicine
and sharing the secret
sustenance for the cells
She is the woman
of one thousand generations
grounded
in dirt magic
androgyny and autonomy
She is the woman
a subject of the victorian era
twice removed
a cut and paste religion
judgements not royal or fair
She is the woman
relating to all birds
a cat lady too
but her dingo was never a dog
or a cloak
She is the woman
ghost walking a shoreline highway
drowning in a sea of alpha male
brushing off cheerleaders of misogyny
Dog Acts since Seventeen Hatey Hate
She is the woman
realigning her warrioress under rainbows
recovering from parroted patriarchy
not voted or warranted
floored by penal colony systems
She is the woman
outliving the wrong
making the most of her last run
around the sun
remembering barefoot and sea country
She is the woman
a one hundred thousand year old woman
a long line of bush bashers, not queeny bashers
mixed breed for layers of trauma to heal
working twice as hard, to be half as good
She is
the woman
exercising her blood right
reincarnating and alternating
She is the woman she is
Jenny Fraser has an installation artwork currently exhibiting as part of the Boomalli exhibition titled Luscious All Sorts, Love Won, in Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales, until 1 April 2018.
Jenny Fraser is a Goori Woman artist. She has a Creative Research PhD in the Art of Healing and Decolonisation. More recently she is particularly interested in Bush Foods, Floral Arts and to be able to use this raw energy to benefit healing, help people to help themselves.
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