Modern Math

"Woman's work is cut in half!"
The advertisements bubble,
But what they never seem to say:
"Her outside duties double!"

Community, church, club and school,
The needs are there to see.
No matter how many duties call,
There's still just one of me!

Written by my wife Vera Selena Hinshaw
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Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Culverhouse Avatar
February 14, 2010 at 6:52 PM
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February 14, 2010 at 6:51 PM
I was trying to say Love it, funny!!
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February 14, 2010 at 6:50 PM
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Hilliker Avatar
February 14, 2010 at 3:45 PM
So true. A woman's work is never done.
Mills Avatar
February 14, 2010 at 1:54 PM
for modern times-- oustanding way to do math and be so exact in poetry. -Susan Mills
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