How Dare You?

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Oh, a Corporate Woman dressed in all formal,
Heels all spiked and a bag oh-so-flashy;
Wonder what happened to her child’s science journal,
Does she even care when the money minted is so splashy?
Her efficiency skills appear almost paranormal,
But the time she spends with her family is just trashy.
Does she even know what it is to be a wife or a daughter-in-law,
Ms. MNC does have many a flaw! 

Oh, yeah! She’s JUST a stay-at-home Mom,
With an army of support staff at her command;
Tying her messy bun with aplomb,
Filling in tirelessly for many a demand;
She has not an iota of qualm,
About her curry being spicy or bland.
We wonder why she is wasting her education,
Ms. Luxury certainly has a life of vacation.

She leaves her kids at the day care,
She helicopters her munchkins way too much;
She has no time to spare,
She has no job at home, as such.

She is hardly ever seen wearing anything ethnic or decent,
She is always draped in a sari;
She always has work as her precedent,
We wonder why she is always in a hurry!

She eats at the café, half of the time,
She hardly ever steps out for dinner;
Her house has a layer of grime,
Can her house be any more cleaner?

She is literally on a roller-coaster,
Her life has become stagnant;
Her friends are the microwave and toaster,
She spends hours gossiping, all just malignant.

A single mom or a single child too posh?
Speaking in English or comfortable in her native tongue;
Going for Zumba or getting skinny with her diet nosh,
Shopping for only local or branded seems too far-flung?

Whatever she does, she is being judged,
She is just being turning into a raging storm;
And not just by men, but mostly by other women she is smudged,
Who gets to decide what is the norm?

How dare you?
Just let her be.
Don’t let her impatience stew,
She also is, after all, born free.
-Namrata Rathi Sarda

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