Work Text:
She Did It
by Fannie Feazell (Scribe)
"Darling," said her mother.
"Don't eat so many sweets.
Here, just have a salad,
and chicken, not red meat."
"You don't want to get porky,"
her father gently said.
"The boys won't want to take you out,
so drop that slice of bread."
She did it.
She did it.
She did it with bad grace, but--
She did it.
When she wanted a Tonka truck
she got an Easy Bake.
Her Mommy said, "No shifting gears.
Instead just bake a cake."
She got a little Barbie
when she wanted GI Joe.
"Never mind adventure,"
said Daddy. "Stick to clothes."
She did it.
She did it.
She did it with bad grace, but--
She did it.
Her father said, "No blue jeans.
They make you look a mess.
Instead wear ribbons, bows and lace
upon a pretty dress."
When she reached adolescence,
Mom bought her Maybeline.
And taught her how to contour,
and give her lips a sheen.
When the girl protested
that she felt an utter fool.
Mom said, "You'll soon get used to it.
It's just what women do."
She did it.
She did it.
She did it with bad grace, but--
She did it.
She made good grades in high school
just to hear her parents say,
"That's nice, but why the worry--
you'll get married anyway."
She dreamed of aviation,
of flying planes with zeal.
Her parents gently shook their heads
and told her to get real.
"That's much too complicated.
Why give yourself such stress?
If you have to fly I'm sure
they need a stewardess."
She did it.
She did it.
She did it with bad grace, but--
She did it.
"Go to church, refuse that drink.
Don't smoke, what would the neighbors think?
Don't argue, darling, just give in.
Ladies let their boyfriends win."
"Yes, I know that man's a jerk,
but he's your elder--call him 'sir'.
I know that boy's a silly ass,
but date him, honey--he has cash."
She did it.
She did it.
She did it with bad grace, but--
She did it.
At last there came the fabled straw
that broke the camel's back.
They told her to get married,
she didn't--she just packed.
She kicked off the traces,
She went a little wild,
She did the things she'd wanted to
since she was just a child.
She cut up all her dresses.
Now she's wearing jeans.
She dumped the greens and chicken breast,
and dines on jelly beans.
She bought herself a red sports car
and smokes a great, big, black cigar,
She drinks beer and Jell-o shots
and gave away her pans and pots.
When a lesbian gave her a smack,
she only smiled and kissed her back.
Her parents were astonished.
"Oh, where's our little girl?
The one we loved and cherished,
our darling and our pearl?"
They seemed so broken hearted.
They whimpered and they cried.
They said she would disgrace them,
They wished that they could die.
Their tone, it was accusing.
Their eyes were moist with tears.
They told her of the sacrifices
made from year to year.
"You're absolutely right," she said.
"They were most surely made.
But by me--not you. Now you
can watch me walk away." So...
She did it!
She did it!
Laughing all the way
SHE DID IT!