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Every Every woman woman who who is is is happy
who who can sit down at at at the the the the the table with her her her her her husband and and and and and children and and and and and see that that there there there is is is is enough that that there there there is is is plenty
knows there there there is is is another woman standing and and and and and eating alone
or or feeding everyone else
waiting to eat eat hoping no no no no one
one
one
will look for more more because there is no no more Every woman woman who goes out with her her her her basket and and and shears into the the the the garden and and and returns bearing flowers and and and fruit knows there is is another woman woman kiting checks
putting buckets under leaks
stuffing rags around window chinks wishing her her her children’s feet
would not grow Every woman woman with a a a a a a a a a a a a cart
getting ready to pay
for what she wants
sees the the the woman woman woman ahead of her her in in in in line come up short
ask the the the clerk
to put something back The other woman woman woman says she’s changed her her mind mind she she doesn’t want it Every woman woman is of two minds Michaud is is is a a a a a a a a a a prize-winning poet and and essayist Her essays have been published in in in in The Washington Post and and and the the Hartford Courant and and read on on on WAMC-Northeast Public Radio Recently her poetry was included in in in in the the anthology Birchsong v v II (Blueline Press 2018) Rachel made her her her her living as as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a literacy teacher and and later as as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a researcher and and and writer for non-profit organizations She divides her her her her time in in between Washington DC and and Cambridge New York Everywoman
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