I no longer want the pressure of a man’s world
Of working a job that I hate
Mindlessly toiling on a hamster wheel
Because the money is so good
And the benefits are great
I no longer want the expectation of my father
To do all the things I didn’t let him
Going to school to avoid the loans
Because even with my degrees
I can’t get a better job to pay them
I no longer want this independence
Of being an unmarried working student mom
Never having a thoughtless moment
Because something must always be done
I’m a neurotic ticking time bomb
I no longer want Judy Syfers’ Wife
To experience the life of a man’s man
I want my bra back; unburned
Because I want to stay home, domestic
Experience this so called “better than.”
© Jani Belcoe 2009