An Understanding Woman - a poem by Florence Liberfarb...

You say

I do not understand

You,

I do.

Under is a word

I have long stood for.

Am I not under

Your protection?

Your guidance?

Your influence?

Your care?

Lately, you admit

I have been

Underpaid,

Underestimated,

Underdeveloped.

An Understanding Woman by Florence Liberfarb

Do you also admit

I am your

Underling,

Underdog,

Underpinning?

I understand you.

I do.

And I am beginning

To understand me.

I believe we are equal,

We two.

Under heaven

And

Under the sheet.

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