These men, leaders among their people,
strut their
masculine importance
as they confidently
command the teacher’s attention.
They put forward
their testing question;
it has a decided
hint of misogyny,
and more than a
suggestion of male power.
Is it OK for a man
to remarry
after discarding his
woman?
Is it OK to use and
abuse,
to beat and
mistreat,
and to replace with
a younger model,
the old one, when
she has become worn and tired?
Your hearts are
hard, impervious,
he tells them,
shaped by millennia
of patriarchy and law.
But no, it isn’t
right
for a man to do so;
nor a woman, for
that matter.
Your partnerings are
from God.
Your intimate
comings together, too,
are precious gifts;
celebrate their
blessings
and allow them to
flourish.
© Ken Rookes 2015
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