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The Wife Beater's Wife

Mar 20, 2008
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Fiona McColl

Sometimes, when no one is looking, she looks
Disjointed, fingers carefully contemplate
Braille sensitive fault lines.

Like milk, bruises have been spilt.
This is called, tripping.

Other times, savage eyes sneak, split, soar
Upward seeking the strings, puppetry -
A real puppet, discovering 'just a girl'.

The eyes know, the time for action is spent.
Still, the eyes will be the last to leave.

Yesterday, from the distance of dissimilitude
She shrunk, more beige than usual.
Today she is wallpaper.

Neighbors diagnose the problem
from behind their blinds:

She is stupefied, frigid, narcotized -
A cold fish, sinking
A swell suited guy.

No one calls her the Wife Beater's, wife.
No one has her number.