4 women
Rochelle Mass
4 women
spread avocado
mixed with
horseradish and
tabasco
over
chunks of bread with
sesame seeds round the edge.
One has a husband
with a cane,
colostomy and
a knee replacement,
who sleeps most of the day
and little of the night.
One had a husband
who left her as
the children left for
marriage
college
India.
One threw out her
husband. She's got
an Arab now
who won't leave his wife
but brings chickens
and apples from
the Galilee,
love
in the mornings.
One writes letters
to a man
she doesn't know,
waits for proof that
she was heard.
4 women
spread avocado
mixed with
horseradish
and tabasco
over
chunks of bread with
sesame seeds
round the edge.
