Let’s look at my scarf, my head’s adorn 

Light, pastel softness, not crown of thorn

All pride, honor, modest grace  

Elegant beauty, confident in my space   

Not what you had in mind? 

Let’s consider my scarf, how this is my choice 

My identity, security, my voice 

All ambition, talent, kindness

Wonder at my strength, my smartness

Oh, not what you meant to say? 

Let’s weaponize my scarf then, get it banned  

Crusade fodder, heckled and yanked 

Media circus, talk up a storm 

Uncivilized scarf, can’t be the norm 

More to your liking? 

Let’s judge my scarf, feminist’s scar 

Just asking for it, a fanatic’s war 

Subservient and weak, these sister wives 

Begging to be rescued from meek lives 

There, feeling superior now?