She ran in 1967
where she was
not supposed to run
on an April day
in Boston
down a frozen road
in sleet and rain
Number 261
She ran
to the salute
of men spewing
obscenities
their middle fingers
aloft in the air
this was their race
After all
women who run
get big legs
hair on their chests
grow mustaches
and their uterus’ fall out
but despite such
obvious risks
to her feminine health
She ran
past the official
who tried to drag
her from the course
who tried to
take her number
ripping and pawing
at her bib
Still…on she ran
26 miles
all the way to the end
straight into history
K.V. Switzer ran
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