Two of Swords

Two of Swords from the Rider-Waite-Smith Deck

She holds two 
swords of 
societal success. 

Her 
career of 
achievement, 

her marriage of 
love 
realized. 

Nice house, 
nicer 
car. 

The look
that men look at – even 
her husband. 

Meditative dreams on 
summer days under 
a comforter of cool breezes. 

Still, one regret reflects 
the swords’ 
sharp edges. 

Cut her caesarean 
style – deep 
as you like; 

take out the 
child she 
cannot carry … his son. 

The single thing she 
cannot 
give him. 

Justice, she feels, is 
not in the 
cards for her. 

She seeks to be 
satiated through 
gluttonous eyes. 

Where are her 
maternity clothes, 
the infant boy 

she 
must 
steal?

[Anthologized often and published in 100+ lit mags across five continents, Keith Hoerner (BS, MFA) is founding editor of the award-winning Mircrofiction ezine / print anthology: The Dribble Drabble Review. A Best of the Net nominee, he is also a Best Book and American Writing Award Finalist.]

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