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About a hundred philosophers of the modern era---

Of the hundred talked about, only two are women.

"Why is it," I wonder, "That our regarded philosophies

Seem to come mostly from men?"

Women grunt their philosophies out

Somewhere between a phantasmagoric orgasm (if they're lucky)

And delivering the placenta,

And if anyone happens to hear it,

It's rarely written down.

After the childbearing years are through,

Women express their philosophies 

By rolling their eyes a lot,

And groaning to themselves,

And occasionally passing a kidney stone 

Or a sharp, smart alec retort.

I remember as a high school girl, 

Working as a clerk in western auto,

And Jim and Lessie Baum came in.

"Look Ma," Jim said,

"Everythang on this table is half off!"

He chuckled at his funny play on our sign.

Lessie never paused or looked back,

But muttered under her breath 

As she dead headed straight for the garden hoses,

"Well you orta be on there, then."

Which makes me think that behind the great women philosophers of our day,

There may be some men, of some kind.
Following them through the store.

And, it makes me understand 

Why all the books on philosophy at half price books

Are half off.

-jenn