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Trapped
You claim to be stuck
In a 1950’s marriage.
That’s how your feeling
I’ve no wish to disparage.
However, I just don’t understand.
Were you made to dress
In long, pleated, skirts
with Betty Crocker coiffure?
fold my laundry, iron my shirts
Keep the household spic and span?
In twenty nine Falls, Winters,
Springs, and Summers,
I have requested
nary one load of my laundry be washed
or for one single wrinkle be smoothed.
No line of separation ever drawn
between what is man and what is woman’s work.
Your freedom I never curtailed,
pleased to see you do as you please
I’ve striven to be kind in the main,
never criticize, rarely complain
Yet in many things I have failed
I could have complemented more
told you you’re beautiful more often
Invite you out on more dates.
From mothering given more breaks
Or shop more at the grocery store.
Perhaps what seals most our fate
was our failure to communicate.
In a 1950’s marriage.
That’s how your feeling
I’ve no wish to disparage.
However, I just don’t understand.
Were you made to dress
In long, pleated, skirts
with Betty Crocker coiffure?
fold my laundry, iron my shirts
Keep the household spic and span?
In twenty nine Falls, Winters,
Springs, and Summers,
I have requested
nary one load of my laundry be washed
or for one single wrinkle be smoothed.
No line of separation ever drawn
between what is man and what is woman’s work.
Your freedom I never curtailed,
pleased to see you do as you please
I’ve striven to be kind in the main,
never criticize, rarely complain
Yet in many things I have failed
I could have complemented more
told you you’re beautiful more often
Invite you out on more dates.
From mothering given more breaks
Or shop more at the grocery store.
Perhaps what seals most our fate
was our failure to communicate.
Published 6th Apr 2022
Author's Note
NaPo GloMo WriMo 2022 #5
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6th Apr 2022 9:38am
6th Apr 2022 12:09pm
Thank you so much, LJ!
Just wearing my heart on my sleeve a bit. I am glad that you enjoyed the piece. I think I'll leaving off kvetching more about my marital woes.
Just wearing my heart on my sleeve a bit. I am glad that you enjoyed the piece. I think I'll leaving off kvetching more about my marital woes.
10th Apr 2022 8:18pm
Dear GW,
Painfully raw and honest. The closing line, for me, speaks loudly. This made me think how often relationships fizzle in any circumstance because communication is taken for granted. I really appreciated this piece in many personal levels but especially for the honest reflection. H🌷
Painfully raw and honest. The closing line, for me, speaks loudly. This made me think how often relationships fizzle in any circumstance because communication is taken for granted. I really appreciated this piece in many personal levels but especially for the honest reflection. H🌷
