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Mary Boleyn by ~evilabnormalvamp:iconevilabnormalvamp:

Categories Literature > Poetry > Narrative > Open


I may as well have no will.
It is cruel of God to give women volition,
for our entire lives we strangle it,
choke it back,
wish it to forget everything it wants to say.
God should have muted us,
made us pretty dolls with painted mouths
that never open,
wrapped in velvet and silk,
for I will die of blood loss
from biting my tongue
against this need to express want.
God should have smothered our desire,
for I cannot murder it with my own hands.
Let me return to Hever, to my bastard children,
so we can walk through gardens
of foxgloves, honeysuckle,
and ride our horses
with no destinations.
Let me lead my quiet life in Rochford
with my third attempt at love,
away from my brother the sodomite,
my uncle Lucifer, and my sister
whose only future is the scaffold.
©2008-2009 ~evilabnormalvamp
:iconevilabnormalvamp:

Author's Comments

Recently became intoxicated by Mary Boleyn and her life, and her sisters, and her loves, and the excommunication of Henry VIII. Like. Drunk off of it in the beginning of the summer. And so of course, having finished Phillippa Gregory's 'The Other Boleyn Girl' back in May, and then seeing the movie, this as the onlyyyy thing I could think of to write about when we got a narrative poetry assignment.

Although, I do remember one from the perspective of David Bowie that. was. priceless. Kozol, my love.

This is draft, like, seven? Although not that differently from the original. Mainly, I took it from exclusive to understandable. This is published in From The Lion's Mouth our anthology myself and four other writers put together.

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:iconevilabnormalvamp:
~evilabnormalvamp Jan 1, 2009, 11:17:48 AM
Thank you Starling darling.

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stop hiding.
i can handle you.
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~Banana177 Feb 5, 2009, 8:53:08 PM
Mary Boelyn? Why her? Shes horrible...and not as Famous as her sister...

and her life was...deffintly not as Interesting..or tragic.

If anything i hate her...

But i I like the Poem good job! *thumps up*

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DUDE dont eat that burger! Chuck just came on it!

[norris]

"Fuck you and your Damn Union" - October Sky
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~the-passenger-seat Mar 13, 2009, 6:13:59 PM
On the contrary, Mary Boleyn was much more interesting than her sister, and by far much more human. Her life, as all do, had its tragedies - take a better look at 'The Other Boleyn Girl' [the novel, not the movie, which is vastly unaccurate] and I think you'll feel a little differently about her.

However, I am glad you like the poem, and thank you :D

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Who's to say who I am other than me, whoever I may be?
:iconbanana177:
~Banana177 Mar 19, 2009, 8:54:02 PM
...but...technically...shes a whore...<<..>>...srsly

And well...who wants to be "Human" in her situation? thrown all around europe,takein away from her love,told she was ugly and useless,and a sister whos a whore and...dude it sucked for her she had the right to be unHuman.

Mary Boleyn: Beutifull Blond and loved be everyone, as everything given to her on a silver spoon unless she bangs the king and get what she want, a reputation as a Mistress for the King and fo course A intelectual sister.

In the end she get whats she deserves. to be as misrable as her sister was with two children on her shoulder.

I dont really see where it is interesting...really...

By the way...The movie sucked, do you agree?

Kat~

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omg hot man sex Yaoi here: [link]

DUDE dont eat that burger! Chuck just came on it!

[norris]

"Fuck you and your Damn Union" - October Sky
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~the-passenger-seat Mar 24, 2009, 6:05:50 PM
If you read the book, or other biographies on her, you'd see a bigger picture. It wasn't a silver spoonful for Mary, one of it, and she relishes her life in the country with her children. It was all about ambition back then; anyone with ambition, also known as all the royal families, was whoring out their daughters to the king. Anne would have done the same i a heart beat if the King hadn't taken a liking to Mary first... and when her turn arrived she decided to play the game to avoid the title 'mistress'. It's all ambition, and as their mother said in the movie, "When did we stop thinking of ambition as a sin and start thinking of it as a virtue?"

I'm not condoning her affair with a married royal. Merely stating that a. it was her family's will vs. her and she's a woman so she basically has none, and b. she fell in love with Henry during their affair. It's a tragic story and you should learn more about it before you categorize her as not worth knowing. Every human is worth knowing about.

And, despite it's inaccuracy and vagueness, I rather liked the movie.

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Who's to say who I am other than me, whoever I may be?
:iconbanana177:
~Banana177 Mar 28, 2009, 11:50:26 PM
yeah i guess your right

But...it kinda sucked for everybody back then...

OMG really? hmm mabye i should give it another chance *sigh*

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omg hot man sex Yaoi here: [link]

DUDE dont eat that burger! Chuck just came on it!

[norris]

"Fuck you and your Damn Union" - October Sky
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