Friday, February 26, 2021

powerless

In response to: Child of War

 

powerless

no palpable war existed between them; only hints of dissatisfaction that surfaced occasionally; but it was the ongoing tension that was most paralyzing; the silent litany of anger; the ever present hunger for change; he took a shot of schnapps before dawn each morning and she plied herself with mind altering pills; Mrs. Glazer doesn’t get up to help Gary off to school in the mornings your mother said so I’m not getting up and helping you either; eight year olds have no power; and that was that

© Karen Casady 2021

Los Angeles, California 

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