1950 Something, Approximately

1950 Something, Approximately

expected

girl-next-door bloom

tight cinched waist-line

billowing skirt

pronounced bust-line

nylon mesh petticoat

plastic pop pearls

slender wristwatch

subdued wedding ring

colorful clip-on earrings

polka dots/florals/gingham

                galore

demure days    

                sprightly nights

a queen of domesticity

glorified servant trophy wife

a happy little homemaker

two point two kids

                one boy

                one girl

    one on

    the way

proud curator of a tidy house

a twin-tub washing machine      

a perfectly manicured lawn

                a white picket fence

sought

higher education

horn-rimmed academic status

card carrying member of the

                peace caravan

a nifty mischief maker

    pro-choice

celebrator of hard won

victories

for equal pay    

                birth control

books not bombs

                Rosie the Riveter

                Wendy the Welder

ender of blatant sexual

                discrimination

Ms. Herstory

    feminine for freedoms

titleholder of body geography

Great Mother Goddess

no cage

no limits

                no expectations

breaking barriers

                of sketched stereotypes

stand with your sisters 

                who do for themselves

**

I am a woman. A human being. A free-thinker. A creative. A humanist. A daughter. An aunt. A friend. A poet. Employed. Thoughtful. Generous. Emotional. Strong. I am a woman. I matter. Female lives matter. Mothers. Grandmothers. Sisters. Single. Married. Divorced. Widowed. All women matter. At all times. 

Stand up. Shout. For your freedoms. Stand up, men. For your females. Stand with them. Not against them. 

Sisters, believe in your. I do.

In propinquity,

Nic