President Kennedy on TV during the crisis. Commons image
By Joshua Seigal
Kennedy is on the radio but she
has teddies to find and bottoms to wipe.
Only twenty-four, she has three kids
already, all under five,
and a husband working all hours
of the day and night. What concern
has she for Armageddon? No time
to dwell, with that pile of laundry
at the foot of the stairs. A division of labour –
that’s what this is. Let others sort
the planet out; she has teeth to clean,
stories to read, meals to prepare.
For what is the world for, if not
for love? And where is love
if not within these four little walls?
This poem is taken from The Relationship Expert, available as a free digital publication, which can be accessed here
