#608 The Great War- Maxine Clair

#608 The Great War- Maxine Clair

“What good is love when you sit alone and wait?” Good question. She sits at home, with the kids, while her husband is out working, playing messing around. He is a “good husband” because he pays the bills and provides, but he is a bad husband because he always makes he wait.

“Then there was the next baby. A long wait for a fertile body to make little legs and fingers, good eyes, and the best-shaped head. A Long wait.

And every one of those hundreds of days filled itself up with small waits—for the iron to heat up, the skillet to sizzle, the child to get home from school, Sunday to come, payday, a word, a glance, the truth.”

You can feel the anger, resentment, pride, shame in this piece. The seething emotion of a woman, a mother being wronged—strong, righteous, knowing. She will wait, and wait—and when she is don’t waiting, look out!

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