We’re sorry we’ve been too busy working, <br />inventing, designing, producing, promoting, <br />selling or repairing dish washers, washing machines, <br />tumble and hair dryers, microwaves and disposable nappies <br />in order to assuage your terrible lot, <br /> <br /> We’re sorry we’ve been too busy creating <br /> the fashions that find your approval, <br /> the kissproof lipstick and the tearproof mascara, <br /> the one-night dye and the reddest nail polish, <br /> <br />We’re sorry we’ve been too busy with our careers, <br />trying to catch up with your material needs, <br />bullying each other on the way to the top <br />in professions that we detest and despise <br />but that we perform until our dying year, <br /> <br /> We’re sorry we’ve been too busy writing, <br /> staging and broadcasting the soaps you like <br /> to keep you entertained from dawn till sunset, <br /> <br />We´re sorry we´ve been too busy mowing the lawn, <br />digging the weeds and fixing the car, <br />mending the pipes and laying the carpet, <br />painting the walls and carrying home your shopping, <br /> <br />We’re sorry we’ve been too busy killing and dying <br />in the wars of the nations, attempting to secure <br />and to enhance the lifestyle you’re used to, <br /> <br />We’re sorry we’ve been too busy making the money you spend <br />to take part in your struggle against male domination.<br /><br />Frank L. Ludwig<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/address-of-apology/
