dVerse Poets Prosery

For your Prosery prompt, I have selected the first line from Tina Chang’s poem “Love”: “I am haunted by how much our mothers do not know.” I hope it will inspire a diverse array of responses.🤞🏻

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Love bloomed at the homecoming dance. The couple, Joe and Mary ended up in a parked car after the dance ended. It was very late. Joe’s dad came up to their car window and said, “Joe, it’s time to come home.” Joe left without argument, took Mary home. Mary’s mom fretting at home, yanked her daughter out of the car and took her inside.

Joe’s dad thought of his young life and acted accordingly. Mary’s mother did the same.

“I am haunted by how much our mothers do not know.” I think parents’ own experiences determine what they even want to know and visit them on their children.

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