Women Wearing White

By Carol Sadtler

not just for purity but justice
as suffragettes wore white
for the vote, as Hillary’s
white pantsuit honors them,
as all the women of every
color in the House wear
white one night and the
Speaker claps back to power,
as on the day Madame Speaker,
in white bespoke pantsuit, begins
to impeach, as a pushy newsman
tries to put the word hate
in her mouth, as she says
“Don’t mess with me
when it comes to words like that”
as she strides away
her white suit unsullied.

Carol Sadtler is a freelance writer and editor who does her best thinking on, near, or in the water. She lives in Chicago with her family. Her poems have appeared in Rhino Poetry, where she served as associate editor 2018-19; Pacific Review; The Tishman Review; and other publications.

Photo of the Victory Column by Goke Obasa on Unsplash.