I Am a Female of the New Times

Music: Fugue in Eb Major from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2.
By J.S. Bach. Sequenced by Yo Tomita.

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I am a female of the new times, Which means I really haven't any clue. Men may carry over some belongings, But women will be altogether new. Each of us will have to be a sculptor Carving madly every stage of life. Our models must be pure imagination Dancing in the winds of daily strife. I'm sure there will be much I will regret: Freedom offers vast fields for mistakes. But I will spend my time among the mountains Bathing in the shock of icy lakes. I know that I don't know what I will be, And find that total ignorance inviting. May many of my sisters come with me! The journey will be painful and exciting.