Message To The World
too late in life
sheila came to realise
there are no prizes for being capable
the more you can do
the more is expected of you
she began to see
the value of contrived artifice
practised time immemorial
by breathless helpless females
taught by mothers and grandmothers
(except sheila's )
she may consider ditching the akubra
become a domestic goddess
swanning about in a kimono
making tea being very zen
instead of mending fences
by next christmas
she could be transformed
in pink ruffles
with long lacquered nails
and a squeaky voice
tending to rose petals on the tree
then again
PS
Love every bit of this post – perhaps especially the PS ... or the phrase 'then again' ... or the akubra photo. Actually, no piece of this post can well be separated from the rest, so I'll just reiterate that I love it all.
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