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7) BARBARA SHERIFF / WHAT SHE NEEDS Barbara Sheriff needs an epitaph. How’s she ever going to get one? She was one of those women Who ran this country Back when doing so was cheap. You couldn't say exactly It was she who made decisions. What she did was figure out How to keep the place running. She was one who did the work. How did she ever do it? Some people don't want to know A thing about it. You know why? You know what Barbara was? She was a secretary Or in later parlance maybe an assistant.. Time came when Barbara Needed to be replaced. She got replaced. And did she ever! Not by one guy but by armies-- All of them making so much money And with such titles They couldn't do any work. Barbara was a secretary Back before the notion started That what this country needed Was to support an administrative class Made out of people Often with the worst characteristics Ever attributed to men And the worst ones Ever attributed to women. Barbara came down With an awful cancer, Still kept volunteering at UCSC, Where she'd always worked. Then she died And left all her money to UCSC. She couldn't leave much. They never paid her anything to keep. Barbara Sheriff needs an epitaph. She was one of those women Who ran this country Back back when doing so was cheap. |
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