Cautionary Tale

He's working in the heat;
she's inside watching some insipid
television story she cares nothing for
and doesn't even think to take him

http://www.littlehouseinthebigd.com/
I borrowed the photo from another
blog, but don't get the idea that lack
of appreciation is a problem at
that particular house :)

ice cold water as she sips her tea
and strokes the dog upon her lap
quite absent-mindedly. Outside,
four hands at work would make the task
go faster. Barring that, she could at least
devote a minute to encourage him with
well-placed oohs and ahhs that tell him
he is doing well, that she appreciates his
time and effort. Not that he expects it,
after all these years of gloom and disrespect,
but as he sweats alone there in the yard,
he grins and feels a sudden wave of
manliness sweep over him, a thought
of someone else.


(c) Ellen Gillette, 2014