Resistance 5 - The Women

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Find dust cloth, almond-scented cleaning spray
take down all the books, vacuum dust away
read sentences from some, polish shelves as
cloth slides over sweet wood so easy.

Not easy are reports of Musk-Rat and O-lips
rampaging over our Constitution and our rights.
Dear god – we need a respite – bright ray
of hope – sudden resolution out of this fray.  

Scrub and dust, polish and shine
oven sparkles, rooms divine.
I’m tired of housework, my joints creak
and complain.  I need to howl to keep me sane.

How many will take fury to organize rooms?
With dust cloths and vacuums
ride as witches and banshees and howlers.
Change makers – the respite – our women.