Song for Young Women

We make our pots of clay the way our mothers taught us. Pinch the sides up inch by inch pinch the base up inch by inch. We make our pots of clay the way our mothers taught us. We shape our bowls of clay the way our mothers taught us. Mold the clay as we were told. Lovely to see; easy to hold. We shape our bowls of clay the way our mothers taught us. We make our pots of clay the way our mothers taught us. Shape it like a woman’s belly; the middle growing like a belly. We make our pots of clay the way our mothers taught us.