Tag: husbands
-
An Old Cold Wives’ Tale
His wife turned cold. He touched her,hoping to die, at the least, maybe sleep. He did not die and he still could not sleep.Her coldness did not dry him out inside. He looked outside and noticed the street littered with other cold wives, demon hands holding them down in a web of rootssprouting from the…
-
Fathers and Friends
He cradled her from birth, first steps.And he carried her to death, last steps.One was once her father. The other was her life mate.After her funeral , on this bench,they talked and commiserated.Ever since, their bench talks grew tomore kids, sports, small memories of her. This poem has a mirror poem- She Supposes. https://themoyaview.com/2023/01/20/she-supposes/