|     mattie
 alone.
 with the women
 too sensitive they get spooked and say
 with the men
 too fearful to fall short in these piercing eyes.
 alone.
 I'm tired of lifting you up mother earth
 soon I'll realize you were never there,
 shake your sons and daughters from my limbs
 and rest at peace
 near the simple speachless laundress.
 
 herein the mother of life has always thrived.
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