Something About Men and Women
SOMETHING ABOUT MEN & WOMEN
The news analyst explained
the shooting:
It was a black and white one-child
marriage with empty days
and nights
He went to California seeking work
but returned with nothing to
a wife with a boyfriend who
had nerve, perhaps her love,
for sure a gun
The husband with nothing was angry
There was one shot
The eminent psychologist discussed
her recent book about men
They must learn to eschew violence
and to cry out like women
when sad she said
But the recent widow watching
alone among the remnants of her
life just looked at the screen
knowing that often when
women are sad they do not cry and
that, so often, when men do violence
what they do is crying
Copyright © Emanuel Carter | Year Posted 2021
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