Thrifty Husband

father knows best 

though both parents work

he’s head of the household

and makes family decisions 

three daughters (ages 8, 11, 12) have come of age

even the eight-year-old wears a bra

with his wife, that’s four menstruating

women in the house

underground

the river flows

blood red

the cost of sanitary products funnels money 

from essentials—or beer with the boys—

the government clinic offers free 

birth control pills or injections

mother and girls worry 

about possible side effects

of birth control on children:

loss of bone density, infertility

heavy fog

levels

a hill

the women obey

father orders

it’s the law

father knows best

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Date Published: March 16, 2022