19th January 2014

Sonnet 74


Four kids under 5 gets like house arrest,

 It was much better when  you were away.

I'm not saying Dad didn't show interest;

But 2 days is max man or fish  should stay.

When you look at them now "...thou dost review

The very part (that's) consecrate to thee",

50%'s genetically  your due -

Emotionally - let's hope they're mostly me.

It's fortysomething v domestic life,

(The goddess thing may be presume'd dead

Killed by a ((sly)) Cut with the Kitchen Knife* ),

Women need jobs to feel remember'd .

The dilemma - each one of them contains

Most of me: who would still want what  remains?


* Book of collages by Hannah Hoch - artist working during the Weimar, and one of the originators of photomontage.