Monday, May 18, 2026

think like a woman


yesterdays heads nod agreement 
though still refusing sleep
or dislocations of night

we are more than what they allow
imaginations far fiercer 
than stolen tyrannies 

you can't tell the angle of attack
but I know, I know
how I know

other women's children are also
children... even if they're
too old to cry 

_____
Pic: A cardinal in the driveway, spied as I walked home from hanging out at the East Lansing Art Festival with the girl friends. (I didn't buy a thing.)

1 comment:

Nance said...

Stanza 2--Wow. We certainly are.

The repetition of the word Know is doing good work here. I feel the emphatic assertion; the wisdom of Women is deep, compassionate, and mighty.

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