A Voice Not Our Own

Let's workshop this poem about men thinking they hear God encourage them to have many wives

A Voice Not Our Own

Boys bred promiscuous
for eons (unlike with girls,
who—softer—risk
harm from sex,

from birthing at best
once a year anyway, 
from jealous mates
worried about paternity),

so many pro-polygyny
revelations in history
devout seed-spreaders
must have heard!

This poem is unpublished

Photo: thatankhlife.com/the-benefits-and-challenges-of-polygyny-in-black-america/