SIDES

by Susan L. Pollet


Forced to take sides
No more sitting on
The sidelines when
Freedoms are at stake
No more baking
Cookies and cake
Some sisters may
Not support rights
They will fight too
In the other faction
The edges are not blurred
Sharp camps without entente
No negotiation or mediation
When women's choice over
Their bodies is attacked
There is no going back
To the wire hanger


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Susan L. Pollet is an author, artist, advocate for women’s and children’s rights, rewired lawyer, proud mother and grandmother, and world traveler.  She is a past president of the Westchester Women’s Bar Association and past Vice President of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York.  She is currently the co-chair of the Domestic Violence Committee for Wbasny.