The filthy hands of in-laws
At 18 I am married off! Life is what I desired An established jolly man, a big house, parties My marital house is warm Warmer than anything you have ever imagined! Within the first year The in-laws start their filthy games What have you brought to this house? Is she your sister? At dawn, my sister-in-law travels in the wee hours She peeps and eavesdrops Are they sleeping Is the baby making on As I cook, run around with my chores In their loudest tones, My in-laws torment me day in day out “I hear a baby crying, go attend to it” “I smell pupu of the baby” Toilet paper gets rolled out Dry surfaces get cleaned up in the name of pupu being cleaned The baby is crying, go feed it Here I am, childless 3 miscarriages in one year! 3 of my babies gone Do you think I do not want to hold them in my arms? Plead is all I can do with my husband Honey let us go to the hospital and have a check up I...