Listen,

You can’t give up easy

What’s going to happen to your child

He needs a home

And what will people say

The church forbids it

Your mother can’t take it

It’ll be too much for her

Have you even stopped to think of what people would say?

Listen Indulge him

Because that’s what all men do

But he loves you regardless

That’s why he always comes back to you

Can’t you see, he always picks you.

Aunty this is the tenth time

And we’ve only been married for two years

How long will I indulge someone

Who has constantly failed to acknowledge

A union made to the exclusion of all others

With my face buried in my palms

I try to understand this thought process

But each angle I take seems to be counter intuitive

Stay because your Son needs a father

Stay because the church forbids Divorce

Stay because it’s a woman’s job to love, notwithstanding.

Can’t these people see

I’m married to a congenital cunt

A habitual adulterer

Can’t they see me wallowing in sadness

Somehow I don’t matter

Somehow I have to stay to be a good Mother

But this marriage is a sinking ship

And I refuse to drown.

Not now, not ever!