does she really want to be
a mother, wife and
such
as one of her poems
suggest
this deep down need
to feel normal
when for the most part
she seems like the liberated aunty
most families have at
least one of
a heroine to young girls
who admire her for her fierce Independence
and yet ultimately
ends up alone
does she really want it
or does she want to
want it
yet knows she could never live
that kind of Life
trapped
denied the recognition
of her intelligence
success she should have achieved
maybe she just wants
to feel
what she imagines other women feel
when they give birth
knowing she could never tolerate
the life stymied
the dependence such a
life would bring
handcuffed in a bad
way to a way of life
she could not easily
escape
a prison of baby carriages, dirty diapers
and bottles of infant formula
does she really want that
or does she simply wish she did
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