Wife of the Husband by Micere Githae Mugo

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His snores

protect the sleeping hut

but the day’s

load

and the morrow’s

burden

weigh heavily over

the stooping mother as she

sweeps the hut

bolts the pen

tidies the hearth

buries the red charcoals

and finally seeks

her restless bed

His snores

welcome her to bed

four hours to sunrise

His snores rouse her from bed

six sharp

Arise

O, wife of the husband!