I don’t know what to call her
the mother of my son’s three children.
Nothing sounds right; all the words
too awkward. Not a wife. Not a lover.
Significant other, too cumbersome
partner unfitting for their union.
Para-wife, I reply.
What’s in a word?
NEARLY EVERY KIND OF MODERN FAMILY. WELCOME.
By para-kin
I don’t know what to call her
the mother of my son’s three children.
Nothing sounds right; all the words
too awkward. Not a wife. Not a lover.
Significant other, too cumbersome
partner unfitting for their union.
Para-wife, I reply.