‘We need to be here’, said my ex-husband’s new wife.<\/p>\n
‘Can we come in? It’s been a long drive.’<\/p>\n
He mentions the house, a quarter his, looks nice.<\/p>\n
“The kids put the lights up”, I try to surmise.<\/p>\n
“Your mother around?” She’s in Greece, I reply,<\/p>\n
Wiping my hands on this apron of mine.<\/p>\n
“The stress was too much; she needed to go.”<\/p>\n
“So just you then,” says New Wife. She seems a bit slow.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
“We need coffee,” he says; I guess this is my cue<\/p>\n
To go to our kettle and bring them a brew.<\/p>\n
The clock’s echoing tick in the hall strikes three.<\/p>\n
He stands slightly in front of her and looks at our tree.<\/p>\n
“How much did that cost?” he asks all of a sudden.<\/p>\n
I say nothing back and look out at the garden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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