XIII
You can't help feeling sorry for men
In these female liberated days,
Their lives have changed considerably
In so many different ways.
Their children disagree with them
And what is more
No longer are they patriarchs
Whose every word is law.
Victorian men believed a woman
Was a simple little soul -
A well looked after husband
Was her major goal.
How men must long for the Good Old days
When women knew their place
As suppliers of domestic comfort -
A lower serving race.
Written in October 1990
