the.housewife.she.became

he turned her into a housewife
she spent hours cleaning the blood from her panties
the floors and dishes never had seconds
the rule had been set in place for reasons
they kept her eggs from being fertilized

we don't need no mo' immaculate conceptions

she had already pulled one dead rabbit from a hat left hanging from her knob
but couldn't tell if it belonged to tom dick or harry - the tricks and the johns
the hats - not the rabits
and any new rabbits would need owners

he turned her into a housewife
and birthed babies who'd never love men right
daughters who'd pray sons stretched forth so they wouldn't be raised the same
daughters who'd forgive her for not teaching them to recognize bullshit men
and one daughter who'd fogive her for not always being a housewife

she's been a housewife so long she's taught herself to tend to things
and every now and then she tends to forget her past life belongs to jezebel

and there's nobody to blame but him