The Day I Learned my Mother isn’t always Right

When the owner of the 

newspaper in my small town

tried to kiss me and touch 

my breast, I left the office

crying and drove directly

to my mother’s house.

She said, “Certainly

just a temporary lapse…

Afterall, his mother 

just passed, and frankly, 

Ladybug, you need this job.”

When Donald Trump won

the 2024 presidential election,

my mother said, “Certainly

four years won’t kill us. Just keep 

your head and your voice down 

for your children, who still need you.

That newspaper man

fired me. And my children

are precisely why 

I howl so loudly.