Wonder Woman
She can wash the clothes and hang ’em on the line
she can dress the children and make ’em shine
she feeds the pets and cares for you
yet he’s the one who wears the shoes.
She can look real pretty-she cleans up nice
you never have to ask her twice
her cooking wins at the country fair
yet he’s the one who drives her there.
She’s a real wonder woman she does it all
she does it all at his beck and call
empty inside, it pains me to say
this wonder woman has lost her way.
© Rebecca Sanchez 2017
This picture reminds me of that song, “He brings home the bacon, she fries it up in a pan”, and then something about her man. A real balancing act, keep it up or fall!
My mother’s marriage (the 50’s) and her friends had husbands like this, talented women who gave it all up for marriage and kids. Even today women do it, I did this somewhat myself (the giving up of my career without the kids) and still have a little regret about it now. Today I am older, single and wiser; I like it that way.
Written with Saturdays Image Write and Poets United.
Capricious Poet 
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Love you too! Hugs!
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Oh. This is so so true. I am happy you are happy now. That poem is so good.
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I was lucky, I didn’t go that far. Thank you!
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Oh this is so heart wrenching :O
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Thank you, Sanaa!
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Yes, I remember that era! Luckily for me I had husbands who were educable.
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Lol! I can’t imagine you being like this at all, Rosemary!
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It’s always sad to see a woman tied up like this whether she’s talented or not. The exact words for the painting.
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Thank you, Sumana!
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My heart just broke a little. Mostly because this is so often true.
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Yes and even today. Thank you, Magaly!
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I suppose there are still men like that around, sadly. I did notice the character in the illustration did have an Alladin’s lamp she was standing on so she was a lucky one with outside help!
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Look closer, Oldegg that’s a teapot and there’s some tea spilling from it. That would have been an entirely different poem. I like that she had outside help though.
This picture made me think of women in the 50’s because of the look of it. I think the boy has the cup from the teapot in his hand, something I didn’t see before, it’s one of those kinds of pictures.
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Wishful thinking on my part to see what wasn’t there!
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You wanted her to have a way out. Nothing wrong with that. Lol!
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Indeed, a real woman makes her own choices & not the choices made for her by someone else!
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This made me think of women in the 50’s like my mom who used to hang the clothes on the line. How many women cook for the county fair anymore? Lol! Maybe lots and I just don’t know it!
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Appearances are deceiving. It’s exhausting and debilitating, this balancing act. And where other women push and cajole women into such lives, they are hypocrites. Good, brave, strong poem!
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Thank you, Ladynyo! So true.
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I hope she finds her way and leaves that leech of a man.
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She really is too good for him! Lol!
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Rather aptly describes the woman of the 40s and 50s. I’m not sure woman’s lib has been a favor, as now woman has to balance a job AND do most of those things she always did! Loved your poem.
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Amen.
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Thank you, Iris!
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Women still make less money than men so I agree. The picture reminded me of the 50’s because of the way the art looked so I went with it. More like my mom’s marriage. Thank you!
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Thank you, Bev. I thought I answered this once but I guess I missed your comment. So sorry!
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She does seem rather calm balancing on that teapot, but I imagine it is exhausting.
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Very much so, Frank! The picture looked old fashioned to me. I am finishing another poem for the other image.
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Yikes…..just reading about this woman’s balancing act sounds exhausting!
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I know some women would have loved this and called it a career choice or whatever. For some, this would be enough but it is just one view.
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Oh, yes, definitely….and it’s wonderful when women have the freedom to make that choice and actually do love it.
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I loved it once….that man was a good one too.
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