Self-Help
Kathryn Alison Graves
If you want to know my opinion
women should be worshiped
for God sake
think about it
Men sit and think about us
or should I say about it
and they continue to thrive
and we know it
We can sip wine
or take shots
carry the brat until term
and then sign the rest of our lives away
to everyone else’s service
We join the corporate pool
not to think about production
but to keep the suits off our back
to become successful
and don’t forget the money, honey
Meanwhile we pump our breasts
in the office ladies room
staining the new silk blouse
acrylic nails clicking on the buttons
and then we stop for a moment
to think about the small pink flowers
on a seersucker dress
that we wore when we were little girls
