"Guffaw" by Colleen AF Venable

she said fricken not fucking called
the child a little shit. her definition
of superb times was thin involving
margaritas men saying you're cute

she met an adjectiveless man with
child to mom, five decades after it
wasn't uncommon for women to go
without education her job could be

nurturance. she knew this her way
to where she was not a beauty nor
charming but could smoke guffaw
saying fricken to all the little shits

BIO: Laura Madeline Wiseman is an award winning writer teaching in the southwest. Her works have appeared in 13th Moon, The Comstock Review, Fiction International, apostrophe, Poetry Motel, Driftwood, Familiar, Spire Magazine, Colere, Clare, Flyway Literature Review, Nebula, and other publications. She is the Literary Editor for IntheFray and a regular contributor to Empowement4Women. Check out her website at www.u.arizona.edu/~madelily. Email: c/o Moondance