Roni Al Poet Free verse

Cheater

She sits across
The dinner table
Watching as her husband
Slowly eats the dinner
She had prepared him
For hours
There’s not even a
Thank you
Escape from his mouth

She mentions the name
Ruth
And watches as he chokes 
On his dinner
Gulps down nearby water
So he doesn’t choke to death


Late at night
He attempts to reassure
His wife that
Ruth and him are friends
And nothing more
Yet his late night texting
Raises her suspicion 


She lives in denial
For a little while
Then begins to 
Regret
She’d ever married him

While she lays in bed
And worries
He’s filled with carelessness
Closes his eyes
And
Dreams about Ruth

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