The women in my family
Clean baby butts
Work, go to school, cook dinner
And study for final exams while everyone sleeps
Daughters, sisters, mothers and grandmothers cut from the same mold
They take care of their men
They make them wash the dishes and watch babies
While they eat pomegranate sorbet and watch The Bachelor
Or something not-football on Netflix
Our strength and our legacy
Make no mistake
The wife I married, the daughters and granddaughters she raised
I stand in awe of every day
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