The tea cups clatter on the tray gripped between your sweating hands, matching the chatter of your teeth as your nerves break like a tidal wave. Your new husband, hand picked and delivered. You will be a good wife, a good mother, a good daughter…just as you were taught.
A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum
A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum
A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum
The tea cups clatter on the tray gripped between your sweating hands, matching the chatter of your teeth as your nerves break like a tidal wave. Your new husband, hand picked and delivered. You will be a good wife, a good mother, a good daughter…just as you were taught.