1. i knew you’d linger like a tattoo kiss
2. i knew you’d haunt all of my what-ifs
3. the smell of smoke would hang around this long
4. cause i knew EVERYTHING when i was young
women have always worked, birdbrain. feminists* fought for them to be PAID for their work, so they didn’t have to keep relying on the men who were abusing them, for food and shelter.