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For: 'Women in my family' Poetry Contest, Sponsored by Soto Poet, June 16, 2022

Make No Mistake

The women in my family
Clean baby butts, scrubb toilets
Work, go to school, cook dinner
And study for final exams while everyone sleeps

Daughters, sisters, mothers and grandmothers cut from the same cloth
They take care of their men
They make them wash the dishes and watch babies
While they eat pomegranate sorbet and watch The Bachelor 
Or something not-football on Netflix

Our strength and our legacy
Make no mistake
The wife I married, the daughters, and granddaughters she raised
I stand in awe of every day
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Cunningham Avatar
January 25, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Wonderful I am so glad you see the value of the women in your life
Young Avatar
January 25, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Thanks Alice!
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