She downs a quart of
Ben & Jerry’s in the
dining area of Whole Foods
while her kids scream
at Dad in their kitchen
“When’s Mommy coming home?”
This is her favorite stop
this one night out alone
this entire year. Her holiday
sliding down her throat
with each gulp.
Robert Vaughan, 2002
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About Robert Vaughan
Originally from NY, writer, editor, and workshop leader, my poems and fiction are published in over 400 print and online magazines, such as Elimae, Necessary Fiction, BlazeVOX, Connotation Press, Metazen, Thrice, Literary Orphans and Housefire. I am Senior Flash editor at JMWW and Lost in Thought magazines. I lead two roundtables for Redbird- Redoak Writing. My fiction and poetry has won numerous awards, including "Ten Notes for the Guy Studying Jujitsu," a finalist in the Gertrude Stein Fiction Award 2013. Flash Fiction Fridays, an anthology, is here: http://www.amazon.com/Flash-Fiction-Fridays-Robert-Vaughan/dp/1105460932/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_t_1.
Also my first chapbook, Microtones, from Cervena Barva Press, is available here: http://www.thelostbookshelf.com/.
I love this.
Thanks so much Young. Hope to see you in the roundtable in January.
That is FANTASTIC!
Thanks Andrea, I value your comments and love you.
Did you see this scene before your wrote it?
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I like this poem, Robert. A lot.
Thanks Judy, your feedback means the world to me.
This poem ought to be published if it is not already. Wonderful insight into her character, and depth of feeling. Way to go, keep them coming
Pretty interesting isn’t it, the truth behind this poem? It saddens me to think of all the women it represents who never allow themselves a break from family, then when they do, use food to satisfy their hungry soul.
Dead-on, Robert!