The Mistress
2 min readJul 30, 2021
Free Verse
‘Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress. When I get fed up with one, I spend the night with the other. Though it is irregular, it is less boring this way, and besides, neither of them loses anything through my infidelity.’
Anton Chekhov
Somewhere unknown a nameless woman grieves.
Some place alone.
A faceless mourner.
