Plato says–

By Elisabeth Horan

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety
&^%$$%*!
Ahem, the affairs of women, now let’s examine that

Breakups
Acne
Skinny
Not skinny
Fat as hell
Beauty Contests
Potlucks

Hurricane Sandys
Our Babies
Sandy Hooks
Our Chilluns
Fergusons
Nuestros Hijos/as
Border walls
Familias separadas
Harvey/Irma/Jose/Maria

Trumps/Putins/Pences/Fences
Congress/Senate/Selfish/Impasse
Health insurance/Obamacare/Medicaid/Medicare
Is Obama ok, where is he now?

Money
The 99%
The 1%

Polar Bears
Melty winters
Choices, choices, choices
Decisions, decisions, decisions
Cancer
Thyroid
Pills, pills, pills

Mother/Father
Alzheimer’s
Sons/Daughters
Bullies
Teasing
Eating Disorders
Driving permits
Hymens
Condoms
Abortion/adoption/PMS/infertility/fertility/C-section/menopause
Vaginas
Pussies

Senility
Lucidity
Addiction
Addiction
Addiction
Therapy

Death, death, death –
Losing
Winning
Knowing

Elisabeth Horan is a poet mother student lover of kind people and animals, homesteading in Vermont with her tolerant partner and two young sons. She hopes the earth can withstand us and that humans may learn to be more kind to each other and to Mother Nature. She was recently featured in Quail Bell Magazine and Dying Dahlia Review. She has work forthcoming at The Occulum, Alexander & Brook and at Switchgrass Review. Elisabeth is a 2018 MFA candidate at Lindenwood University and teaches at River Valley Community College in New Hampshire. Follow her on Twitter @ehoranpoet.

Image credit: Plato’s Academy. Mosaic from Pompeii (Villa of T. Siminius Stephanus). Second style. Early 1st century B.C. Inv. No. 124545. Naples, National Archaeological Museum.