Wishful Thinking in "wishes for sons"

I believe that Lucille Clifton’s poem “wishes for sons” is unique because of its clearly feminine imagery. After analyzing the title, and before I read the poem, I assumed that this poem was going to be about a mother who seemed to only be able to have daughters and that is why she wished for a son. However, after I read this poem, I realized that my first assumption was entirely wrong. Not only do I think that “wishes for sons” is extremely humorous, but I also think it does a nice job of underlining the stages female bodies go through in a lifetime. I love that Clifton uses brute honesty and doesn’t refrain from describing the cycles women go through. Clifton writes, “i wish them cramps/… i wish them one week early/ and wearing a white skirt” (stanza 1-2 lines 1-6). Clifton’s feminine imagery of “cramps” and starting early while “wearing a white skirt” makes me laugh because to most women these aren’t foreign circumstances. However, I wonder if other readers find Clifton’s descriptions in “wishes for sons” slightly disturbing rather than comical.