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Meanwhile, Over on 5th Street

Christopher Hivner

He was a man
after all,
and he had
his pride,
which she didn’t understand.
She had actually
said no
to her husband,
the man of the house,
the hammer of God.
It wasn’t a request,
she was going
to her knees
one way or the other.

He was a man
after all.
Her man.
The man.
The beer went down
so smooth
when salted
with righteousness.
She brought him the beer
because
she knew her duty,
but then
she said no.

Her skin
was still under his nails
from last time.
He left it there
as a reminder
for both of them,
but this time
she had ignored it.
Her eyes
hadn’t darted down
to his clenched hands.
She didn’t whisper “please, not now”
while slipping out
her usual tears.
She hadn’t done any of those things.

He was a man,
after all,
and a man
can be taken down
through many means
including a
claw hammer
struck to the temple.
He lay
on the oval shaped
living room rug.
The top of
his sweaty work jeans
hanging open
and a beer can
still balanced on his fingers.
Meanwhile,
over on 5th street
it was quiet
as evening closed in.

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