What does  a woman want
Sigmund
it’s simple
what a funny question
well speaking for myself
to be loved
same as everyone else I know
yes
by the man who I want to love me
and by the greengrocer
the chemist
the postmistress
my children
– I take it my friends will anyway
and I want to be left alone
no-one saying sit down
stand up
come here
I run away then
no
it may surprise you but I’d really rather not
have a penis thanks all the same
I suppose it’s hard for you to believe that
I’d like a few laughs
rolling round a bed laughing my head off
and all the normal human things
clean water shelter
fresh food
that most never see
in their whole male or female lives
and not to want anything
Sigmund
most of all that
or does that only come like a ticket
with death?

1985

*Taken from http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com.au/2016/06/i-wish-id-written-this_24.html