Sign Inventory - week 4

Wishes for Sons - Lucille Clifton

The poem is divided into four distinct sections. The poem delves into the pains of womanhood and depicts it rather accurately. Heavy emphasis on the menstrual cycle of women. The poem then digresses into menopause and the latter years of womanhood. Lastly there is the mention of gynecologists. This poem delves into the sexual  functioning and the medical aspect of women as if that is what defines us from males, that that is the only burden we carry, which was interesting.