Caren Krutsinger Poet Narrative

She Brought Her Fish With Her

She brought her fish with her
To remind her of home
And because she trusted no one to feed them like she did
She was persnickety like that

They were not nice to her today,
roughed her up a bit while they strip-searched her.
Told her after all she had gone through
She could see her husband tomorrow. He was in punishment.

What could be more punishment than where he was?
She stared across the courtyard at the prison
Wondering which window belonged to him
Did he even have a prison?

The bed was lumpy, uncomfortable 
And she found someone else’s hair in the sheets
Not the cleanest room she had ever rented
But she wanted to stay where she was, so she kept this quiet.

Praying that tomorrow she might actually get to see her man
After they roughed her up and strip searched her.
She told the fish “You don’t know how lucky you are”
having no idea her husband had hanged himself three days prior.

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L Milton Hankins April 21, 2021 at 9:24 AM WOW! Reminds me of Orange is the New Black! Caren Krutsinger April 21, 2021 at 9:45 PM I hate to tell you but I got hooked on that show until they killed someone and cut them into pieces. Too much for me!