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Recorded Reading (0:49): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zb96knla7tfu65ufc7a5u/Powder-Power.mp3?rlkey=xly90vovyixe9gtqlyvo5ulqm&st=qp2jm629&dl=0

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Powder Power

Look at some of our young women
What women they be!
Seeing them imparts some lift
To the aging heart of me

Controlling their own situations
Sure of stride and straight of gaze
I just stand here awestruck
While my jaw drops in amaze

They don’t take any nonsense ~
Pull wool over their eyes
And they will burn it off again ~
Prepare then for a big surprise

And, for me, the first prize
That this generation win:
Ability to do all that
And still be feminine

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