Spider Woman Strikes Back

THE SPIDER WOMAN STRIKES BACK

 

“I feel like Gale Sondergaard in
The Spider Woman Strikes Back”
—Manuel Puig
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Betrayed by Rita Hayworth—
Done in by Miss Hurt in a kimono

How can such politically correct Str8t—
Play a faggy femme fatale?
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C’mon honey, gimme a fucking break—
Can you really see Miss Hurt going down?

Giving a blowjob in the Bijou Balcony—
Sloppy slut on a Saturday night?
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Does one ever expect a flighty queen—
To butch it up with her weak wrists?

To be muy macho instead of a bitch—
Swishing outta the faggy Men’s Room?
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How can Miss Hurt ever hope to be—
Anything but a faux pas faggot?

Only kitschy queens know how to—
Be both chic & disgustingly de rigueur