Daily Courage Doesn't Count
by Alta
(published in A Geography of Poets, edited by Edward Field, 1979)
daily courage doesn't count
we don't get diplomas for it.
i worked hard for 5 years with one man,
then had 3 years graduate training with another.
but people called e a divorcee, & acted as if
i had done something wrong.
no one was happy for me,
no one gave me a coming out party.
but i tell you, i came out of those marriages
one smart bitch.
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