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‘When you gonna fly away?’
She asked him
Gathered as they were over the dinner table.
She’d eyed him with suspicion.
These past weeks
Always was he talking about going away.
‘Can’t stand another minute here,’ he’d said
‘The incessant nagging, the bitching
Before my life’s over
I’m gonna fly away.’
‘Where you gonna go,’ she drawled at him
‘’Who you gonna get wash your stinkin’ clothes
Cook your dinners and scrub ya back?’
‘Plenty women jump at a chance with a man like me.’
‘Yep,’ she said and thought a moment.
‘Plenty of stupid women out there.’
‘Well you is one of them,’ he muttered
His chin had drool from his soup
His beard speckled with crumbs from the stale bread.
‘You’ll soon find out you can do a while lot worse than me.’
‘I doubt that.’ He replied
So began the weekly argument
The bitching
The snitching
The saying this and that
The hollering
The screaming
Names flying left and right
The obscenity of their life
Laid bare in front of them.
Exhausted they went to their rooms
Fell into their beds
Wondered for a moment of days past
When they fell into each other’s arms
But now they were grotesque reminders of youth.
They shuddered at the thought of intimacy.
I’m flying way thought the man
Not today but tonight
Like every night
I’m flying away.
In a room at the end of the hallway
The woman who suffered his ignorance
Had already flown.
Written for: https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2015/10/02/ill-fly-away-performed-by-alison-krauss-and-gilian-welch/
Morpethroad 
Good for him … what a story!
Thank you so much Georgia….
Why do people fall out of love? ~sigh~
Hi Lyn, I think for some love has only a limited time as one side wants more than the other side is willing to give, one starts to mistreat the other or in many cases the use by date comes and they stay together for all the wrong reasons…
Yep, sadly that is true. Another reason is marrying too young because you’re trying to escape your parents – as was the case for my ex and I – it doesn’t work when both partners are immature.
Yes I understand that one, the word naive comes to mind for me.
Yup 😦
A familiar story brilliantly told. My favourite line is “The saying this and that”
Thank you so much for your comment, greatly appreciated.
Emotion flowed so freely reeling me in until the end of the story. I loved the twist at the end, a very pleasant surprise 😀
Thank you so much, good song to put up this week.
Your welcome and good to know 😀
A very powerfully written story – you stayed so well in the “verse and tone” of the original prompt – the dialogue so real – the images of the two so vivid in my mind’s eye … and a very amazing ending.
Sad story – but so very well delivered Michael – another gem 🙂
Thank you so much Pat, appreciate you stopping by, hope your weekend has been a good one.
It has been fine all around – all things considered – and so for that, I will be grateful. I do hope you had a wonderful weekend too 🙂 And may the week start off on delightful notes of pleasure 🙂
Oh yes it has…..glad your weekend has been ok…