mustard bathA Poem by Christineher mother told her she wanted to kill her in the bathtub her mother almost took a mustard bath she took amphetamines vacuumed mustard yellow carpets at odd hours mustard yellow armpits from unwashed clothes mustard yellow walls from smoking cigarettes inside dirty children eating ketchup butter sandwiches raw hot dogs uncooked spaghetti poor women used mustard baths to get rid of babies they didn’t want mustard is chemical warfare; her children didn’t know they needed gas masks to breathe; she’s still choking on the fumes © 2017 Christine |
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