I am all for liberation of women
and respect for their importance
as vessels of creation
and aspects of the goddess
but the chauvinistic feel
still lingers in my generation
as I fill the washing machine
and all the domestic features
imposed on this selfish old man
so arrogant and self righteous
since bereft of her services
given in unselfish thought
and never complaining
men owe them a great debt
for all the suffering of births
and centuries of slavery
In complete justice of karma
I seem to be paying already
pain from my fractured hip
still troublesome at night
hobbling about with a stick
giving thanks
as it could have been worse
THE DIVINE HERESIES 