omnium-gatherum

we are the defiant detritus

the fallen flotsam brought
together by time and tide

driftwood daughters of fate
furious at the state of our
disunion and together tied

an omnium-gatherum of
gallant gallimaufry but
out of our miscellany
we find common cause

a the common enemy
the crushing yoke of patriarchy
which if
in federated unity we combine
we may ourselves disencumber
but only
when we remember
that not only do we outlast
but we outnumber