So is it the same with you?
O, I understand now…
All this life of elegance and ease
and our husbands away constantly
on business…and they remind us of duty
and religion and sanctity and honor…
and it is the same with you…there is sketchy news
of your husband seen in such a city or town
in the north or the south
past the deserts or past the mountains…
a woman in such a place
and another one that accompanies him while you are here…
and it is the same with me…
they have entertainment while they are away
and they have expectations when they come home..
as with you, so with me…
perhaps, perhaps this is the transaction of love
turned into marriage
of relationships turned into convenience
an understanding, an arrangement…
we have our ease, and they have their pleasures…