We said ‘til death do us apart. Well that didn’t work.
Erica came first.
He told me he was too tired after a long night at the office.
But not with Erica. Viagra, no doubt.
The most powerful man in the world.
One power had left him long ago.
Of course no one knew.
Why should they? It was private.
Just like the girls. Private.
State Business, he used to say. I knew better.
Get down to business, what we used to say.
He said he would change.
He said I’ll be home at seven. I was sitting there, in the kitchen.
Waiting to have dinner with him, ‘til eleven.
I knew he was out on the town.
Seeing Chantelle, or was it Monica?
One today, another tomorrow, it was always the same.
I stopped caring after so long.
I spent my days with Jack and John, or was it Liam?
I can’t remember their names.
But what does it matter?
All of this used to be hidden.
Now there’s fingers pointing at us everywhere.
At him. Not me.
And Monica, what a hussy she was.
Staying out late, with him, State business, again.
State business on the floor, the couch and up against the wall.