Most women do not cook and and clean house in preparation for violent invasion. But you did, the countertops ache for lack of dust, the appliances self-conscious in their sterility. More than sufficient- for anybody but the figure on the doorstep; who, using only a key has already torn through your first, only, and tastefully painted line of defense; has pulled pins from verbal grenades to throw upon bursting into the kitchen, where you waited white tablecloth of surrender and tea like a peace offering.
Not quite finished. Playing with punctuation and word choice. Domesticity, Betty Friedan-era housewives, abuse and the silence that feeds it.