Liberated

The alarm goes off at 6:00 am,

Jenny rolls out of bed

to make coffee, then wakes

her husband, Paul, up.

She once made Paul get up

to make coffee for a week,

but she hated his coffee,

she always wondered

if he made bad coffee

just to get to sleep longer.

Off to work Paul goes

after Jenny has cooked

him three eggs and bacon.

Next, she gets her two boys

up and out of bed, toughest

task of the day, she laughs.

Once they are off to school,

she empties the dishwasher,

folds the laundry, cleans

out the smelly cat litter box.

Then she hurries to get ready

to work as Executive Secretary

for a man who can’t get out

of his own way, she does all

the work, he gets all the credit,

never giving her any thanks,

but that’s fine, since he doesn’t

ever ask her to get him coffee.

She rushes out the door at five,

buys groceries, then home

to cook dinner for her family.

Jenny feels lucky that

she loves to cook, making

something from nothing.

Must check their homework.

Finally time to relax, putting

her feet up, watching the news,

until her eyes start to close,

she sets the clock, falls asleep

to be ready for the coming day.