arranged marriage
my husband; wither thou goest, i will go (even if it is rockford, il) wither thou stay, i shall stay (even if it is living in the unfinished basement in your uncle's house. in rockford, il). the commands thou gives, i shall... i shall. iiiii shhhhaaalll. wait, give me a minute. i can do this. okay, let me try again. the commands thou gives, i shall.... no. no. i’m not going any further. i am not going to say the word obey. i don’t care if karma comes back to take a pound of flesh from me, there is no fuckin’ way i’m going to say much less mean the word ‘obey’. i don’t care what my parents spent on this week long circus of a wedding. i don't care who flew in from how far away, i am stopping this fiasco right now. right. now.
i don't care about the whole next life payback i’ve heard about all my days! i’d rather worry about being a mealworm in my next life than go though this! do you hear me? do you? yeah, and good luck with that whole ‘wither’ shit on your next bartered for bride.
i’m outa here.
What a great anthem for women! Amen! Great use of the prompt words.
ReplyDeleteSome of your best work yet. I really felt this one. Strong, powerful, playful. You rocked it, sista.
ReplyDeleteLaughing, cheering, loving it!
ReplyDeleteempowering and strong. A great write this is...
ReplyDeleteyou crack me up.
ReplyDeleteAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.
Funny, that this came out the same day as your tweet with the exact opposite female character.
you are a versatile woman.
Fun and serious, both. Enjoyed that.
ReplyDeleteyou rock :)
ReplyDeleteThat was a riot! Not just for the femininas (as Kramer would say) but a rally cry for free will! Love it.
ReplyDeleteI heart you!
ReplyDeleteaw, thanks everyone!
ReplyDeleteI sense some underlying issues here. Or just creativity.
ReplyDelete(clapping)
ReplyDeleteHear, hear, Quin dear! You are kicking up quite the creative fuss these days! I’m outta here, too, but before I go, I have to say I will not live in a huge cavern of a falling-down wreck of a house down south with no air conditioning and mosquitoes the size of roaches and roaches the size of mice! And I will not live in a freezing cold, even in the summer, mold- and moth- and mouse-infested house up north! There. Some additonal issues for our Mr. Jansen : )
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favorite things you've written. I didn't find it funny like some others, but rather poignant. Though it speaks to a universal feminist issue, it also sounded very personal.
ReplyDeletegotta say, no history here, no personal thing.. i am almost embarrassed to say i wrote it on one draft, in around five minutes.
ReplyDeletei didn't even think of sub-text...i'm thrilled you all found one, though.
thanks.
Great stuff! A movie-moment (not a put-down, I love movie-moments) and wonderful snapshot of someone "finding" themself. Their self. Sometimes the voice just finds you and all you can do is try to keep up as you type.
ReplyDeletegreat take on the prompt!! love, love, love this. wonderful writing :)
ReplyDeleteThis was one of your snappiest pieces. I can believe you wrote it in one go in about five minutes--you're that good!
ReplyDeleteAh, the lovely catharsis of consequences be damned, I'm the hell outta here...
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