but i concern myself too much with beginnings 
           as i came along in the middle of many things 
 
 
 
 
oh why have you left me & where have you gone off to 
she ran into the river        & he said don't worry about it 
still      oh why 
she wanted to mention that      repeat 
she had wanted to mention that 
she had wanted to 
there's no way out of it         oh where have you 
     gone off to      & why have you left me 
oh where are you gone to      & why don't you come home 
 
is that possible 
 
 
 
 
& this was before the      before 
                                               aspiring to 
   & this was before 
                                                        life was taken aback 
    taken forward      & it has rushed ahead 
                                                                  what was that that happened 
   back there      (a moment, please) 
                                                            so says to make sense of it 
                                                                                                       make it 
  whole 
   when even my 
even her mouth can't     hold her words 
 
                                        it will take some effort 
 
Whereas Women have Work to do 
 
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