HIS & HERS: a voyage through the Middle Age Crazies

13 - the Relationship------------------------------------------ HIS... THE DESERTED ROOSTER if this were a documentary Lorne Green would narrate describing in his big male-Animal-World way the migration as one by one the fledglings flew the coop followed by the hen liberated and running off to join the sisters cloistered in the halls of a community college singing Gloria Gloria Steinem till it becomes Catholic so far nothing new... children leaving home a woman's victory over the empty nest syndrome... themes done to death but the deserted rooster is a subject that has not yet been addressed we know him only as that laughable old strutter preening and parading up and down involved in his sexual prowess and the sound of his own voice up at an ungodly hour to start the day it was all part of the job and there wasn't a problem when there wasn't a choice but picture him now after the exodus all alone scratching around in his abandoned domain looking for a good reason to get up tomorrow and crow if this were a documentary it would end focused on a stereotype weather vane rusted on the turning point in a changing wind

14------------------------------------------------------------------ HERS... A WOMAN'S PLACE Why do I long for another place When I have my place, This place where I can walk a country road With my dogs running up ahead, Tune in on a bird's song, Hear insect-rattle noises See sky blues, Clouds, trees, bushes, Flower yellows, Why do I long for another place When I have this place, my place. A woman's place.

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