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quite by surprise
my daughter asks me
if I’d like to be a woman
the gravity in the moment
I took to answer
carrying on by tom clausen
11 Wednesday Mar 2026
Posted in americana, close up details, fungus, nature, photos, poems and photos, Published Poems, spring
tom clausen 
A interesting question. I would have been more successful as a man as I wouldn’t have been held back by family responsibilities. I certainly would have suffered a lot less prejudice in life and I prayed for sons and grow.