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In the dead of night wives talked to their husbands,
in the dark they talked and talked
while the clock on the bureau ticked sleep away,
and the last street cars clanged off
on distant streets to remoter suburbs,
where in new houses bursting with mortgages
and the latest conveniences,
wives talked in the dark,
and talked and talked.
All over the country wives droned on and on
about the bridge prizes, the luncheons,
the hollandaise sauce, the walnut surprise,
the little defeats, the little jealousies,
the children, the grocer, the neighbor,
and husbands might pull pillows over their heads
or stuff their ears with cotton, pretend to snore,
sigh loudly with fatigue, no matter,
the voices went on and on.
Dawn Powell
Angels On Toast
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Footnote
Another quote from ANGELS ON TOAST is
here
and
the next Dawn Powell page involves her alma mater, Lake Erie College.
But we are not finished serving TOAST!
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