If We Dance
(#InternationalWomensDay)
a circle and a cross
the symbol for Earth has the cross inside
but this is close enough
to know
the movement is planet-wide
there are things that
don’t need new reason
for dealing with the ancient one
there is gender
women number more
the feminine make up half at least
of who we are
one by one
and altogether
who are we without
we are not whole
we countermand creation
what other gaps cannot be filled
with sex, yes, and
decision
we are strong
and strength will out
muscle and what’s beneath
indifference energized
to charge the fight
for what should be evidential reason
someday a woman will preside
over the table
as a woman did, once
and long ago
inviting her will be
forgone
by then
let women rule
no let about it
women can and will
seek the alliance now
call it marriage
friendship
partnering or
of a presidency
in place and time
call it quits on
masculine oppression
give up the gate
that she has managed age
by age
the less-than-half survive
through what she does
the rest, the most
already know
let her in
before she keeps the rest away
celebrate the whole one
we can be
C L Couch
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