Righteous Indignation

From Ann Glover O’Dell’s Midwifing the Soul:

My anger I define

     as righteous indignation

and puff myself

        upon a pedestal of power

passing judgment

     as becomes one who

         as though he’d found the truth

  as does a washer woman

     who seeks abrasive cleaning agents

then sets about to scrub

     until her rage against the dirt

transfigures into prideful satisfaction

    of a job well done.

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