Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Tomato-coloured Couch 5:15pm

Some Wives willingly take care

of Their Husbands’ Intimacies:

They wash & fold Their Boxers & Socks

pick up fingernail clippings

from around the bathroom sink

wash Their Husbands’ Hair before work

(not on weekends)

& clean out the tub

–

aside from being served His Meals

My Husband is fairly self-sufficient

but I must remind Him —

I am not one of Those Wives