From the third grade on, women are trained to mistrust their natural bodies and to try to make them conform with body types belonging to two percent … - Marge Piercy

Attention is love, what we must give
children, mothers, fathers, pets,
our friends, the news, the woes of others.
What we want to change we curse and then
pick up a tool. Bless whatever you can
with eyes and hands and tongue. If you
can't bless it, get ready to make it new.

At that time, a pregnant woman could not get an abortion in Massachusetts -- but a cat could. (p221)

To be a poet is to open your eyes to everything around you. I love the beauty of the world, but I get angry at the cruelty in the world. How can we not get angry at the tremendous cruelty that is built into our system?