Our Old Mothers*
actresses banned,
writers blanked,
artists grayed
caged in mist at forty,
asylums after.
*Dedicated to the memory of Donna Reed, , the American Medical Association,
the 1950's post-World War II-era and with gratitude & love to Mae West,
Doris Lessing, Sojourner Truth and Grandma Marje, wherever they are.