He felt asleep before me. Or he would come home very late that I did not hear him coming. When morning came, he would have at the dinner table as soon I called him to breakfast. After that, I was left without saying I love you even for once. And I was still on my table finishing my own breakfast. I saw he always leave a half of rice that I put on his plate. I'm not good in cooking, I confess.
Being in the afternoon is very pleasant. I do not need to see an expression of my men which is not over than a kapok pillow, so I called it. Let him play in the streets, enjoying the weather as he loves, without me. Because I’m going to stay home. Because I do not need to see the world out there. Because I, I, I, residents of this house.
He, my man. He did not care to the bone without wrapped meat in my body. He did not want to praise my beauty. Who would not want to be a leader? There would be no finger is lifted. As him. He married me because of my father, he promised to make my man as his heir. I was the one - the only child, not a man. And my man had chosen. He, who is now out there and I do not know.
He, my man, would come home late at night. So he did not find me waiting at the door because I was asleep. Like me, he thinks that I am only a wood bolster. My body is thin, a bag of bones. Of course he was not interested in me, but the promise of my father.
I do not know about his woman out there. He did not have to move stealthily to fool me. Even if I knew, yet I could not do anything. Because father loves him more than himself. Even if father was asked to cut his neck to be given to my man, father would be satisfied smile.
If he came home and found me waiting for him, he would quibble be tired and wanted to go bed. After all, who wants to hold a wood ???
She saw herself in the mirror. She stared at her own eyes seemed speaking to herself seriously. She is a wife married to a silence. It has been over a year she accompanied the kapok pillow. Once in a while I replaced the pillow. With thousands of larvae sleep I laid down. Dashed away without looking at her.
Being in the afternoon is very pleasant. I do not need to see her expression which is no more than wood bolster, so I called it. Let her play at home, enjoying the weather at will, without me. Because I would be on the streets alone. Because I do not need to see her movements in the house. Because I, I, I, bored in that house.
I, her man. I did not care to the bone without wrapped meat in her body. I do not want to praise her beauty. Who would not want to be a leader? There would be no finger is lifted. Just like me. I married her because his father promised to make me his heir. She's the one - only, not a man. And I've chosen. I am, which now outside from the house and she did not know.
I, her man, would come home late at night. So, I do not find her waiting at the door because she was asleep. As she did, I consider her as a bolster wood. She is thin, a bag of bones. Of course I'm not attracted to her, but on the promise of her father.
Perhaps, she did not know about a woman out here. I do not have to move stealthily to fool her. Even if she knew, yet she could not do anything. Because her father loves me more than himself. Even if father was asked to cut his neck to be given to me, he would satisfy smile.
If I came home and found her waiting for me, I'm going to quibble was tired and wanted to go bed. After all, who wants to hold a wood ???
Note:
this story was translated from the short story entittled 'Kapuk Kayu' which was also posted in Oyin.
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