The Repair Woman

She spends every day
Working in the garage, 
Fixing and building things
On her workbench. 
She is strong and persistent
Like a true Rosie the Riveter. 
She dare to repair,
Replace and renovate.
She is very self-reliant 
And doesn't need anyone to help her.
There are quite a few people who say
That repairing anything in the house
Is only a job for men,
But this woman knows that
Even women can do the same things that men can do.
Repairing things in the house
Is the woman's role in the household.
And she never needs a man to help her out. 
If a toilet gets clogged,
A circuit gets tripped,
Or a smoke detector stops working,
She knows how to deal with them.
She doesn't live in denial
Or pay a piper to come fix it.
She knows that she has to get real,
And do the fixing herself. 
She takes the plunge 
When she fixes a leaky faucet or cleans the gutters.
She lightens up
When she removes a broken light bulb or installs a dimmer switch.
She keeps her cool
When she maintains the refrigerator's gasket or changes a ceiling fan's rotation.
She gets a handle on it
When she replaces a doorknob or repairs a broken window. 
She plays it safe
When she plans a fire escape route or installs a smoke detector.
But not only does she do some small repairs,
But she also does some projects 
To make her home easier to live in.
She puts up tile backslashes.
She installs closet systems.
She installs deadbolt locks.
She replaces medicine cabinets.
She mounts blinds, shades, and shutters.
She installs lighting for landscapes.
Whatever in the house is broken,
The repair woman will fix it. 
Whatever needs renovating,
The repair woman will renovate it.
She can successfully repair things
That are in her own home.
Once she starts repairing something,
She is never able to stop.
She doesn't fear the fire. 
She simply becomes the fire.
She doesn't stop her hard work
Until she is proud of what she has done.
When she works in her garage,
It makes her feel empowered.
She doesn't need a man to help her get the job done,
Because se knows that being a repair woman
Is her job in the household,
And hers alone.
She will always be in her garage,
Building or repairing something on her workbench.
There's nothing that this woman can't repair.
She repairs anything in her home.
She can do it herself.
Category:Poems
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