the O P E R A: We Were Mothers Once, and Young

Once upon a time I had been a veterinary practitioner. Yeah, Dr Maas. Doc. All species and manner and sizes of animals. Except then ... ... after my leaving hospital nursing. Not, o'course, of the animals known as human beings. Some of this time I also was married. Per ... ... the DOMINION of religion, thus legally as well. To a T A K E R. To someone most skilled at A P R O V E C H A R. OF the Patriarchy. Because the Taker was fired for dereliction of his duties inside the program within the Very Middle of his residency as a medical doctor still in training, THEN I ... ... had had to leave my private veterinary practicing there and MOVE five states' distance and 963 miles AWAY ... ... TO the next point OF his trying to finish up his residency somewhere else. The very next early January ( y1983 ), six months' time later, I received in the USPS mails a New Year's greeting card and letter from my former Boss, the owner of and my colleague at the Val