Quilting Truckers

Heard a story ‘bout some truckers
Who had learned to knit.
It relieved the tedium
Between trips quite a bit.

Others took up quilting,
Said it soothed their road trip blues.
Doesn’t seem the kind of hobby
Truckers often choose.

But – why not? A surgeon,
Often male, must learn to sew;
Nothing in genetics
Tells our hands which way to go.

So men, as well as women,
Certainly should take up knitting,
Quilting, or crocheting
Without any thought of quitting.

We frequently fall prey to
Those assumptions based on gender.
Each of us should strive to be
A stereotype ender.

Let truckers knit and nurses box
And bronco riders cook.
Society would prosper and
Republicans get shook.

The world could be a better place
If we all modeled truckers;
And those who cannot join us
We’d consider out-of-luckers!

(feel free to substitute your own last line!)