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Victory to the women who’ve survived
Desertion, divorce and all that jive
If your name is still Thompson, after fifty years.
Maybe longer through drought, doubt and tears
Do I stand alone, out above the rest?
Is 50 years single enough of a test?
Could be longer for some that they would speak.
A hopeful name change is what one seeks.
My name is still Thompson throughout times of pain.
Careful to not bring that name any shame
Southern gentility breeds in its bowels.
How else would we come by this name anyhow?
My name is still Thompson from the day that I wed,
with Thompson proceeding each man in my bed.
My name is still Thompson on all deeds I.ve done
on published books, and accolades I’ve won.
I wonder what happened to my maiden self?
Loss somewhere on a dorm room shelf.
My name is still Thompson on legal writs and clauses
Will be so even if arrested for causes
Time passes and I have increased in age.
With Thompson will I exit the stage?
Up from the sixties fields of southern hate
Nine Thompson children determined their fate
They all finished college
Possess fields of knowledge
Were expertly grown
Made lives of their own
In all these years, I’ve felt only love
Whether wed or divorced, is for God above
To belong to such a family, one should be proud.
So, my name is still Thompson, I say so out loud.

4/14/2022

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