She came from a community where
women ruled the roost, imparted
effortlessly a sense of my s**'s
ascendancy in the scheme of things,
ans every word and gesture of hers
displayed a natural dominance, a
native savagery and I am very
grateful for all that now although
the core of steel was a bit inconvenient
when I was looking for boyfriends
in the South in the 1950's when girls were supposed to be as soft
and pink as a nursery