"I wonder what it means", not "Tell me what it means" she said Like if HE (mis)got it Misnamed things add to the world's unhappiness Blame it on patriarchy's bliss How many more men explaining to women How to pronounce their own name? How much more mansplaining will prevail In the name of an ancestral game? Don't interrupt me Don't interrupt me I am not done Your advice on my periods? - No thanks, she said And when LyMAN Abbot explained Why women didn't want suffrage While claiming He was speaking for the silent of them Don't interrupt me Don't interrupt me I am not done And when he explained mansplaining to me, she said Did he simply realize? Eyes fixed on the fuzzy far horizon Of his own authority Don't interrupt me Don't interrupt me I am not done