December 2024
Bio Note: I was born in England and moved to the United States in the early 1990s. I enjoy my job as a therapist and in my spare time I like to run. I live in an old house in Milwaukee and have a sweet cat called Marsha. I have published several poetry chapbooks.
Seven Sins and Seven Virtues
For many women, it is a punch in the stomach
Not once, but twice and we rest for a while,
recovering and we think of the deadly sins
How do we fight against the seven horsemen
Of the Apocalypse?
Puffed up pride, we kill you with our modesty
The courage to say I made a mistake
When I voted for an orange monster
Gulping down greed, we spit you out with
serving others who welcome our company
Boxing gloves Wrath is an easy fix
We sit in the shade and observe the chaos with
Patience as our guest
I’m jealous of your magnificent body that men
lust for with eyes on stalks
I fix myself and offer you my hand
The charitable hand of kindness
When we are all pigged out with
masses of excess, we do nothing
Sloth-like snails
We flush out the system with tolerant temperance
We continue to do good in the name of all that is right.
©2024 Annette Towler
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