Stigmums

I find, in this society, we are judged by what we do for a living, not for who we are as a person. There are exceptions. I am a stigmum: A single mother on benefits, a mother kept by the state. A stigma, a stigmamma, a stigmum.

This is what I do

I acknowledge, I ask, I account

I budget, I bid, I breathe, I bleed

I cook, I clean, I cry, I care

I dance, I discipline, I dream

I educate, I empathise, I eat, I endure

I fraternise, I file, I forgo, I forget

I grumble, I giggle, I grind

I hug, I hoover, I hate, I hope

I indulge, I iron

I jest, I juggle

I kiss

I launder, I laugh, I live, I love

I mollycoddle, I make up, I mind, I manage

I nag, I nurse, I nod

I opine, I obey, I organise

I play, I pray, I pretend

I quarrel

I rant, I read

I sing, I shop, I scream, I soothe

I talk, I teach, I tidy

I understand

I verify, I vegetate

I wrestle, I write, I wish, wish, wish.....

x.i

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