What Women Want

"What women want," Oprah 
grinned across the television screen,
"is to be desired."
Then she turned and confirmed it
with the doctor at her side.

How audacious!
To claim to know all women
and their wants.
Well, I'm a woman
and what I want is to be 
taken seriously.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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September 23, 2011 at 11:38 AM
And here I strive for just the opposite. Tony
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