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| ***BIO*** Sally K. Lehman was born and raised in Oregon, where she currently lives with her husband and kids. A Math major at UC Berkeley, she has wandered her way through various computer-related jobs, eventually being the co-owner of a small software company. She has been writing poetry since childhood, and short stories and novels just recently. Her personal web site is IncidentalPoet.com |
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| by Sally K. Lehman |
| Everything in my life is under his name.
The cars, the home, even the children carry his name – not mine. I sit in the rooms where he is master of the castle. I watch the television we bought for his use. I sit on the sofa we bought with his money. I used to be me, but then became Mrs He. When I’m not here, I’m asked if he is watching the children, not if he’s parenting them that day. I parent his children but he baby-sits them. I cook the foods they like whether I eat them or not. I buy the foods they want whether I want them or not. You see, when I’m not just his wife, I’m just their mother. I used to be me, but then became Mrs He, but then I became Mrs Their Mom. I’ve looked at being me again one day. But where does a person go when they aren’t anyone anymore? Are they still a person by then? And how do I find me when I’ve been not me. And how did I lose me in any case. Rather than a woman, I’ve become a Seussian riddle. So perhaps I do exist in that peculiar mode and manner. |
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| July 2007 |
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